View of Hupmobile and Packard cars at the Michigan State Fair during the visit of President William Howard Taft to Detroit, Michigan. Building with "Change booth" sign and "Michigan State Agricultural Society" arch in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Pres. Taft's visit to Detroit. Hupmobile, 1911. (Big car is Pack.)"
Item #: na044791
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of M.C. Kessler posing in a Packard car equipped with a Kessler engine. Handwritten on back: "M.C. Kessler, testing his engine in a Packard car, 1911."
Item #: na050705
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of Packard car no. 52 and mule-drawn wagon crossing Back Creek near Roanoke, Virginia during the 1911 Glidden Tour. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Glidden Tour, 1911."
Item #: na025815
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of four motorists, two men and two women, posing with Packard car no. 52 on rural road during the 1911 Glidden Tour. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Glidden Tour, 1911."
Item #: na025542
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of four motorists, two men and two women, posing with Packard car no. 52 during the 1911 Glidden Tour. Motorists hold small American flags. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Tours--Glidden Tour, 1911."
Item #: na025552
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of motorists in Packard car at Oceanville, New Jersey during the 1911 Quaker City Motor Club Roadability Run. Wooden-frame house and garage in background. The endurance contest covered a route from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Packard #23 driven by [undecipherable] in Oceanville. Tours--Quaker City Motor Club Roadability Run, 1911."
Item #: na030949
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 1911 Packard 18 Model NC. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 18-horsepower, 112-inch wheelbase, 5-person open car, fitted with windshield & extension cape cart top, three-quarter front view, right side, special light colored upholstery, unusual crest on tonneau door monogram panel.
Item #: EB01c407
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 1911 Packard 18 Model NC. Inscribed on photo back; 4-cylinder, 18-horsepower, 112-inch wheelbase, 5-person open car, fitted with windshield & extension cape cart top, three-quarter front view, left side.
Item #: EB01c399
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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