View of driver and passengers in Packard Twin Six car, owned by Czar Nicholas II. Typed on front: "Ill-fated Czar Nicholas II, last of the Romanoffs, owned this Packard Twin Six. Skis were placed under the front wheels and a special caterpillar tread provided for travel over the snow.
View of the 50,000th built Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine. Sign displayed over engine reads: "Packard's 50,000th war engine. Packard-built Rolls-Royce airplane engine powers Mustang, Mosquito, Warhawk, Lancaster, Hurricane.
View of Packard automobile factory. Sign displayed on brick factory building reads: "New factory of the Packard Motor Car Co. " Item #: na020039 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
Front view of 1946 Packard car. Handwritten on back: "1946 Packard, front end. " Item #: na000495 Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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.
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