Col. Sidney D. Waldon testing a 1907 Packard with several (un-named) engineers. It comes from the Detroit News when they received some original photos from the PMCC in 1934. Sidney Waldon was a Vice President at Packard and some believe that he began the use of the ?Checked Flag? to signal the finish of an automobile race.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U parked on road, decorated with eight small American flags, painted on hood '500,000 miles 1907 Packard.' Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 108-inch wheelbase, 2-person special runabout body, windshield, motometer, special drum type electric head lamps, 1937 Ohio license plate #3049, spare tire carried at rear, April 4th, 1938; Inner Circle article attached.
Item # EB01c189
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U with American flags, sign reads 'The last Packard 30, 29 Days Ahead of Schedule,' on residential street. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring car, fitted with folding cape cart top, 1907 Model U type radiator cap, right side front view, top raised, 13 hood louvers.
Item # EB01c188
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U chassis. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, chassis, dash and controls, photographed at the Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
Item # EB01c177
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U chassis on side, in front of brick building. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, chassis, plan view, photographed at the Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
Item # EB01c176
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U close up right front side, with leather lamp covers. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, touring car, fitted with folding cape top, folding 2-piece glass front, dust covers for side, head lamps, photographed near Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
Item # EB01c195
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U close up front view of radiator. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, touring car, front elevation, tube type radiator, 1907 type radiator cap.
Item # EB01c202
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U close up three-quarter front, with leather lamp covers. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, touring car, fitted with folding cape top, folding 2-piece glass front, dust covers for side, head lamps, glass front closed, photographed near Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
Item # EB01c196
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U close up three-quarter front, with leather lamp covers, house in back right. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, touring car, fitted with folding cape top, folding 2-piece glass front, dust covers for side, head lamps, glass front closed, photographed near Packard Works, East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.
Item # EB01c197
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1907 Packard 30 Model U engine mounted on chassis. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, plan view, engine, front elevation, set up for testing.
Item # EB01c175
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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