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- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of several 1949 Packards on display for Golden Anniversary, convertible on center display stage, top down, in right background wall reads "50 years of fine car building, ask the man who owns one." Inscribed on photo back: 1949 dealers show, Packard Golden Anniversary, Hotel Statler Detroit, Mich.
- 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:
- 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 1954 Packard three-quarter front left view, top folded. Inscribed on photo back: experimental, 1954 Packard, the Packard panther, a full sized plastic sports car, is the first of its type specially designed using a high horsepower engine capable of record speed, the car, a 3-person model with advanced styling in its one-piece plastic body, is the result of 3 years of design & materials study by the engineering division of P.M.C.Co., first public showing is now being held at New York, not aimed at highway use, the panther is powered by a new Packard 275-horsepower engine utilizing forced draft carburetion, the experimental car is one of several Packard has under development as a result of its studies of plastics for both tooling & product use, one section of the company's new styling division has a project working on design, while another section works to develop plastic dies for metal parts to get lower manufacturing costs, this would allow the company to further customize standard cars which could be built economically in limited numbers with special custom features.
- 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:
- 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 five 1921-23 Packards lined up, front view, partially enclosed front cab, parked in yard, factory background. Inscribed on photo back: a line-up of Packard trucks; Packard Traffic Division fleet, 1921-23 Packard "E" trucks; ED, 3/4-ton & EF, 5/6-ton capacity, note 1940 Michigan license plate, photographed at Packard works, East Grand Blvd Detroit, Mich.
- 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 Packard Co. file photograph of a 1925-26 Packard front view, parked on road, female behind wheel. Inscribed on photo back: 1925-26 Packard 326, third series six, 6-cylinder, 60-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person runabout (body type # 223), scene in playlet of "Serving Susan" enacted for the summer 1926 Packard Magazine, by Leatrice Joy, movie star.
- 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:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 the 1910 Packard assembly room, several men working on car bodies. Inscribed on photo back: 1910 Packards, assembly of "thirty' touring car & eighteen open car bodies, note no fore doors.
- 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 Packard Co. file photograph of a Packard dealership, building sits on corner of street, building lined with pillars, several cars parked on street, church in right background. Inscribed on photo back: dealers, Packard, San Francisco, Calif. 1927.
- 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:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 1929 Packard Adonis hood ornament, front view. Inscribed on photo back: radiator ornaments, Packard radiator cap mascot "Adonis, official name of this mascot is also known as "Dauphin," "Daphne at the Well," etc., designed by Edward McCarten - New York City, patent applied for 11/7/1928, design patent #79,561 10/6/1929, introduced on sixth series Packards, discontinued with introduction of tenth series, December 1932.
- 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:
- [1905 TO 1928]
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white sepia-toned Packard Co. file photograph of a caravan of early 1900s Packard trucks fully loaded, pulling extra trailers, sign on side of front truck reads "First Direct Shipment of Sunkist Oranges & Lemons Los Angeles to London," on road next to railroad tracks, two men in front cab, front truck as an American flag attached to radiator. Inscribed on photo back: Packard trucks, post World War I, transporting California "Sunkist" oranges & lemons.
- 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 Packard Co. file photograph of 1941 Packard final assembly line, cars coming off the line, workers behind the wheel of front two cars, workers pictured down the middle of the line. Inscribed on photo back: 1941 Packard final assembly.
- 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:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 two 1936 Packards three-quarter front view, pictured with their owners, Mr. & Mrs. Onslow Stevens, standing at front of cars, under palm tree. Inscribed on photo back: right: 1936 Packard one twenty, model 120-B, fourteenth series, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type # 992), or 5-person sedan (body type # 993), left: 1936 Packard eight, model 1401, fourteenth series, 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 134-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person coupe (body type # 918), note: Packard deluxe emblem, white sidewall tires, 6-wheel equipment, bumper guards. "Which shall we use?" -- Mr. and Mrs. Onslow Stevens (Anne Buchanan) roll out their respective Packards in an endeavor to decide which shall take them to New York, where Onslow has been playing opposite Margaret Sullavan in the legitimate production of "Stage Door," both the Stevens have used Packards for years, so -- whichever won the argument -- a Packard furnished transportation! Onslow has now been signed by R-K-O to act his same role, opposite Katharine Hepburn, in the motion picture version of the famous Kaufman-Ferber play. Original photo by X. Martin-Smith
- 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