Detroit Public Library
4709 items
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1930 Packard three-quarter left rear view, top raised, rear mounted dual spare tires. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 745, deluxe eight, convertible victoria by Waterhouse, taken to Paris Auto Show.
- 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:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1930 Packard view of rear interior through rear passenger door. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 745, deluxe eight, individual custom, seventh series, 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 145.5-inch wheelbase, 4-person special club sedan (actually a sedan limousine with disappearing division glass), built by Brewster especially for Alvan Macauley, detail: rear interior from right, note fine paneling & richly carved moldings, deep channels for disappearing division glass, rear seat arranged as two deeply stuffed arm chairs, recessed, walnut-lined companion case, upright hinged ventilation panel.
- 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:
- 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1935 Packard seven-eights left side view. Inscribed on photo back: Packard super eight, model 1204, twelfth series, 8-cylinder, 150-horsepower, 139-inch wheelbase, 5-person club sedan (body type #856).
- 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:
- 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1936 Packard front view, top folded, Governor "Alf" Landon of Kansas, 1936 Republican presidential candidate standing and waving to crowd in back seat of car during a parade. Inscribed on photo back: 1936 Packard one twenty, model 120-B, fourteenth series, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible sedan (body type # 997), , personalities in Packard cars.
- 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:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of three 1940 Packards three-quarter front view, lined up side by side, dual white sidewall tires, Goddess of Speed emblem, parked in front of Packard plant, man standing next to far right car. Inscribed on photo back: 1940 Packard super eight touring limousines.
- 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:
- 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative 4109 of the Dodge Brothers Pressed Steel Shop showing a partially completed building and large amounts of construction materials, the image is inscribed "Oct-14-1915" and "2955"
- 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:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 3.5x5.5 color postcard of South Saginaw Street in Flint seen through wrought iron arch with sign "Flint Vehicle City"
- 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:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph of 1903 Packard Model F. This is a close up view from the front. The photograph was taken inside a building and the car is sitting on a tiled floor with other cars in the background.
- 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:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1903 Packard Model F with six men in front of brick building. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 88-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster "Old Pacific." "Tom Fetch's visit and "Old Pacific." Second from left, Frank H. McKinney, director of advertising & sales promotion. This model participated in the transcontinental crossing June 20th thru August 21st, 1903 from San Francisco to New York, driver was E.T. (Tom) Fetch, passenger/photographer Marius C. Krarup editor of The Automobile, rear deck passenger (Reno to Colorado Springs only), N.O. Allyn and in the First Annual Endurance Contest of the NAAM from New York to Pittsburgh 7-15th of October, 1903 as contestant #16 class D, driver E.T. Fetch and observer C.H. Lowe.
- 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:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph of a 1906 Packard, parked on grass with a greenhouse in left background, right side view of car.
- 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:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry