1903 Packard Model F "Old Pacific"

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Description:

7.5x9.5 black and white photograph of a 1903 Packard Model F with sign "Packard Motor Cars St. Petersburg." Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 88-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster. Used in the transcontinental crossing June 20-August 21st, 1903, a total of 5600 miles from San Francisco to New York. The driver was E.T. (Tom) Fetch from the Packard Warren, Ohio plant and passenger Marius C. Krarup, editor of The Automobile. "Old Pacific" also participated in the First Annual Endurance Contest of the NAAM, on October 7-15th, 1903 from New York to Pittsburgh as contestant #16 class D, driver E.T. (Tom) Fetch, observer E.H. Lowe. Photo taken outside Cary-Crane Motors, Inc., Packard agents, St. Petersburg c.1924.

Notes:

The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library

Date Issued:

1924-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries

Collection:

Changing Face of the Auto Industry

Place:

United States and Warren, Ohio

Subject Topic:

Packard automobile, History, Automobile industry and trade, History, Automobiles, and History

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Users can cite and link to these materials without obtaining permission. Users can also use the materials for non-commercial educational and research purposes in accordance with <a href="http://copyright.wayne.edu">fair use</a>. For other uses or to obtain high resolution images, please contact the copyright holder.

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:CFAIEB01c062