View of 1905 Cadillac cars on display at trade show. Handwritten on back: "1905 Cadillac. Stand of A. Van T. Ful. [should be Alvan T. Fuller], 243 Columbus Ave. 6 cars exhibited. 1. Packard. 2. [blank]. 3. Northern. 4. Cadillac ~ Model E, 1 cy, 10 hp, 76 whb. 2-p. runabout. 5. Cadillac, Model F, 1 cy., 10 hp, 76 whb. 4-p. side-entrance tonneau touring. 6. Cadillac Model F, 1 cy., 10 hp, 76 whb. 4-p. touring car w/ cape top." Drawing of exhibit floor plan on back.
Item #: na042465
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of Alvan Macauley, standing in front of Rollston Cabriolet car at auto show. Stamped on back: "N. Lazarnick, commercial photographers, makers of industrial motion pictures, 1440 B'way (at 40th St.), N.Y., Tel. Chickering 1717. 5005 Euclid Ave., Cleve., Randolph 7852." Handwritten on back: "Biography--Macauley, Alvan. Alvan Macauley, president of Packard Motor Car Company of New York, reading [undecipherable] letter in front of Rollston Cabriolet at auto show."
Item #: na004060
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of Alvan Macauley, driving a car. Handwritten on back: "Biography--Macauley, Alvan. Alvin Macauley, gen. mgr. & vice-president of Packard Motor Car Co. Aug/9/1913."
Item #: na004059
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of cars on exhibit at the 1954 Detroit Auto Show. Willys display in foreground; Packard exhibit is visible in background. Typed on back: "41st Annual Auto Show, Feb. 20-28, 1954."
Item #: na051402
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of funeral in a field; men, women and children pose near a child in an open casket; priest stands behind coffin. Water tower painted with "Packard" in background. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Funeral rites & ceremonies."
Item #: EB02f983
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of cars on exhibit during the 1910 Boston Auto Show at Mechanics Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Packard and Cadillac cars on stage in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Shows--Boston Auto Show, 1910."
Item #: na017401
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of cars parked in front of tents during the 1909 races at the Indianapolis Speedway in Indiana. Signs on tents read: "Overland Automobile Co." and "Apperson and Packard headquarters, Willis-Holcomb Co., 330 North Illinois St." Handwritten on back: "Races and racing--Indianapolis races, 1909."
Item #: na013661
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of several commercial buildings on boulevard. Packard building in foreground; signs for White cars, Pyramid garage and Hotel Empire are visible. Billboard for Stewart speedometers on building in foreground. Handwritten on back: "Architecture--Commercial, 1908."
Item #: na003324
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.