8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard Clipper 2-door sedan, three-quarter left side view, dual white sidewall tires. Inscribed on photo back; styling; style change proposals, facelift for 1956 Packard Clipper, fifty-sixth series, hardtop.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard 2-door sedan, three-quarter rear left view, dual white sidewall tires. Inscribed on photo back; Studebaker Packard styling; style change proposals, facelift of 1956 Packard, fifty-sixth series, hardtop.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard Predictor concept car, three-quarter front view, white sidewall tires, aluminum sliding doors closed, female standing at passenger side. Item #: EB01e635 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 show car, three-quarter right side view, white sidewall tires, aluminum sliding doors closed, female and male standing at passenger door, female standing at front of car, on display, sign in back reads 'Packard. ' Inscribed on photo back; 1956 Packard Predictor, dream car, body by Ghia.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1956 Packard Predictor concept car, three-quarter left side view, white sidewall tires, aluminum sliding doors open, female standing at driver's door, parked on street by brick building. Item #: EB01e637 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 2-door sedan, three-quarter left side view, white sidewall tires, redesigned emblem, female behind wheel, two females standing at front passenger side, parked on street, house in background. Photo caption on back from unidentified Packard source: The newest Packard luxury sedan goes on display in dealerships throughout the country Thursday, November 3, Packard models for 1956 feature an improved torsion bar suspension system, a new electric push-button automatic transmission and new, larger displacement V-8 engines, the Packard Patrician is powered by a 290-horsepower V-8 with a 10 to 1 compression ratio, and the highest toque ever engineered into an American automobile engine for top performance in normal speed ranges, Packard V-8 engines are compact and durable and may be expected to deliver as many as 100,000 miles of trouble free driving under normal operation with normal maintenance attention.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1957 Packard Clipper, three-quarter rear view, dual white sidewall tires, script on trunk reads 'Packard Clipper,' sign in license plate holder reads 'Arctic White Lilac,' on display with other cars in background. Item #: EB01e639 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 1957 Packard Clipper 4-door sedan, seven-eights right side view, redesigned emblem, dual white sidewall tires, on display. Item #: EB01e640 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x9. 5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1957 Packard 4-door sedan, nine-tenths left side view, redesigned emblem, dual white sidewall tires, on display.
8x9. 5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1957 Packard 4-door sedan, front view, redesigned emblem, on display, group of men in right background.