Packard Co. file photograph of a 1948 Packard nine-tenths front left view, top folded, female behind wheel, male passenger, female standing at driver's door, parked on street in front of house, couple standing near doorway. Photo caption on back from Packard News Service: "New "showoff" the 1948 Packard super eight convertible, described as "America's first all new postwar convertible," the model well justifies its claim of being "new from the tires up," fresh features include its specially built frame, 145-horsepower straight eight engine and rakish body with "flush contour" styling, which extends over the wheels in clean, graceful sweeps, a supplement to the present Clipper line, this new Packard is being readied for quantity production in June.
Packard Co. file photograph of a 1948 Packard three-quarter front right view, parked on dirt road, house with white picket fence in background, man standing at driver's door, female standing off to side. Photo caption on back from Packard News Service: "1948 Packard, Detroit, Sept.
Packard Co. file photograph of two 1949 Packard sedans on display for 1949 dealers show for Packard Golden Anniversary, foreground: seven-eighths three-quarter front view, 4-door sedan, dual white side wall tires, pelican emblem, label on license plate frame reads "Golden Anniversary Packard super deluxe, 150-horsepower, 141-inch wheelbase"; background: front view, sedan, dual white sidewall tires, label on license plate frame reads "Golden Anniversary Packard super, 150-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase. " Item #: EB01e906 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of several men working with automobile parts on assembly line at the Packard factory. Handwritten on back: "Factories--Packard. " Item #: na041407 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of group of women engineers posing at drafting tables at the Packard Motor Car Company. Typed on back: "Interiors of MAC. " Stamped on back: "Date: Nov 29, 1943.
View of workers resurfacing the track at the Packard Proving Grounds in Utica, Michigan. Equipment is from Julius Porath & Son, Detroit, Mich. Typed on back: "Proving grounds, track.
Group portrait of staff from the Studebaker-Packard Corporation styling studio, with Richard A. Teague, Director of Packard Exteriors. Handwritten on front: "Dick Teague, AMC; Fred Schmidt; Homer LaGassey, Ford.
Packard Co. file photograph of a Packard factory assembly line, workers inside body installing interior parts, both doors open, no engines or windows. Item #: EB01e792 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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