8x9 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard custom Clipper 4-door sedan, front view, dual white sidewall tires, on display in showroom. Inscribed on photo back; Series #23, 1956 Packard Clipper custom 4-door sedan.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard 2-door sedan, seven-eights right side view, dual white sidewall tires, redesigned emblem, on display. Item #: EB01e621 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard seven-eights right side view, dual white sidewall tires, redesigned emblem, on display. Inscribed on photo back; 1956 Packard executive, fifty-sixth series, model 5670, 8-cylinder, 275-horsepower, 127-inch wheelbase, 4-door, 6-person sedan (body type #5672a).
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard 4-door sedan, left side view, dual white sidewall tires, redesigned emblem, parked on grass. Item #: EB01e623 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of the Packard Executive office building, with two 1956 Packards on display, right sign reads 'The greatest Packard of them all,' left sign reads 'Clipper America's finest medium priced car. ' Inscribed on photo back; Packard Motor Car Co.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard 2-door sedan, right side view, dual white sidewall tires, parked on grass. Item #: EB01e625 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard Caribbean sedan, right side view of trunk, dual white sidewall tires, script on trunk reads 'Packard Caribbean,' parked on grass. Item #: EB01e626 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard 400 sedan, rear view of trunk, dual white sidewall tires, script on trunk reads 'The Four Hundred,' parked on drive. Item #: EB01e627 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard three-quarter front right view, dual white sidewall tires, concept drawing. Item #: EB01e628 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard three-quarter front left view, dual white sidewall tires, redesigned emblem. Photo caption on back from unidentified Packard source: Offered in a 4-door sedan model as well as the hardtop model shown above, the Packard executive series is priced in the area where 46 percent of all luxury cars are sold, the new cars offer more than 30 comfort and performance features as standard equipment, including twin ultramatic transmission and torsion bar suspension system, modern production methods are said to make possible the moderate price.