View of an engineer testing control valve for water mains at Rolls-Royce Engine Test factory. The factory produced Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "Deep under the foundations of the Rolls-Royce Engine Test factory, an engineer tries out a control valve handling the water mains that feed the cooling units on the testing engines.
View of Packard car no. 52 and mule-drawn wagon crossing Back Creek near Roanoke, Virginia during the 1911 Glidden Tour. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc.
Large group of men, boys, and one woman on factory floor and stairs. Handwritten on mat back: "Shop meeting, Packard. " Item #: DPA0946 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of Packard cars on exhibit during the 1908 New York Auto Show held at Madison Square Garden. Handwritten on back: "Shows--New York, 1908. " Item #: na017607 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
Construction workers stand on steel and brick framework of factory building; scaffolding; construction debris. Printed on photograph: "Aug-10-1915. " Recorded in glass negative ledger: "M/Automobile industry & trade-Packard Motor Car Co.
View of Packard and Cadillac cars on exhibit during the 1909 Boston Auto Show at Mechanics Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Two electric wall sconces frame the stage. Handwritten on back: "Shows--Boston Auto Show, 1909.
View of Alvan Macauley sitting at his desk at the Packard Motor Car Company. Handwritten on back: "April 1911. " Item #: bh009918 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of four motorists, two men and two women, posing with Packard car no. 52 on rural road during the 1911 Glidden Tour. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc.