7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1933 Packard view of front three-quarters of car, parked in street, owner comic strip creator George McManus, standing on left side. Inscribed on photo back: 1933 Packard eight, model 1001, tenth series eight, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 127.5-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body type # 603), fitted with deluxe equipment; approved Packard accessories: bumper guards, license plate frames, pilot ray light, cormorant emblem, twin trumpet horns, chrome plated wheel discs, dual side mounted spares, rear view mirror, fender guides, radio (trunk & guard removed); purchased 6-14-1933 for $2866.75, purchase order #9103, from LeRoy Spencer, Earle C. Anthony, Inc., Los Angeles. "George McManus, creator of Jiggs, Maggie, Dinty Moore and other characters in "Bringing up Father," says that to date Jiggs and Maggie have been able to agree on only one thing. And that is, that when it concerns motor cars, Packard is the only car to buy." Original photo by A.R. Hromatka, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Date Issued:
1933-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Crowd surrounds automobile with a sign advertising a car-mounted sleeping tent, which sits on top of it; this takes place on a street in downtown Detroit during a Shriners convention.
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Date Issued:
1937-06-22T00:00:00Z
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8x10 black and white sepia-toned photograph of the inside of the Packard plant in Warren, Ohio showing several male workers and the partially completed chassis of the Packard Model F, 88-inch wheelbase. Inscribed on photo back: probably photographed in "new brick building" completed in Jan. 1903, Warren, Ohio facility of Packard Motor Car Co.
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Date Issued:
1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
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8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U engine on wood table. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, production, engine, right side, set up for testing.
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Date Issued:
1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
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8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1910 Packard 30 Model UC. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horespower, 123.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car, fitted with Packard special extension cape cart top, Packard windshield, left side elevation, top lowered.
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Date Issued:
1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
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8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1911 Packard 30 Model UD Mich. license plate visible at back. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 129.5-inch wheelbase, phaeton, top raised, three-quarter rear view, left side, license plate Michigan 1910 #5062M.
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Date Issued:
1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
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7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1912 Packard 30 Model UE three-quarter front view, left side, top raised. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 40-horsepower, 123.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car, fitted with Packard storm-tilt windshield, & standard top.
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Date Issued:
1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1912 Packard 6 left side, two-toned. Inscribed on photo back: 6-cylinder, 48-horsepower, 139-inch wheelbase, phaeton, fitted with leather victoria top.
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Date Issued:
1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1917 Packard parked on pathway, female stepping out of front passenger side door, pond in background. Inscribed on photo back: 12-cylinder, 88-horsepower, 126.5-inch wheelbase, 2-25, second series six, 5-person phaeton (body type #146), motometer, a first series twin six carry over.
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Date Issued:
1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
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8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1925 Packard seven-eights left front view, top raised. Inscribed on photo back: Model 236, 5-person touring car.
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Date Issued:
[1925 TO 1940]
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