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Title
1899 Packard hoisted above Detroit skyline
Creator
Packard Motor Car Company

Institution
Detroit Public Library

Subject
Packard automobile--History

Subject
Packard automobile--Exhibitions

Subject
Packard Motor Car Company--Anniversaries, etc.

Item Number
EB01e909

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of the 1899 Packard loaded on lift, sign reads "Display and Exhibit specialties Company 14300 Woodward, Townsend 8-3282," three male workers in foreground, city skyline in background. Inscribed on photo back: 1949 dealers show, Packard Golden Anniversary, Hotel Statler, Detroit, Mich.

1899 Packard hoisted above Detroit skyline

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