8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of the 1899 Packard loaded on lift, sign reads 'Display and Exhibit specialties Company 14300 Woodward, Townsend 8-3282,' three male workers in foreground, city skyline in background. Inscribed on photo back; 1949 dealers show, Packard Golden Anniversary, Hotel Statler, Detroit, Mich.
Item # EB01e909
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white photograph of 1899 Packard Model A on brick-paved street with 2 dogs, buildings in background. Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower 71.5-inch wheelbase, 4 passenger dos-a-dos roadster.
Item # EB01c007
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1899 Packard Number One with driver. Inscribed on photo back; completed and first road tested Nov. 6, 1899, Warren Ohio; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster. Body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer. Driver Henry Joy? Photograph taken some years after car's completion, note holes in the dash, etc., lack of such original equipment as dos-a-dos seat mounted on rear deck, lights & skirt below driver's seat. This is the car given to Lehigh University.
Item # EB01c010
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1899 Packard Number Four or Packard Number Five on country road. Inscribed on photo back; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster, fitted with a 2-person dos-a-dos seat mounted on rear deck. Body by Morgan & Williams, Warren, Ohio. Car has H-gate shift box. Cars Number Four and Number Five were almost identical. The latter was sold on Feb. 3, 1900 to George D. Kirkham, a Warren, Ohio businessman residing on Park Ave., one block south of Packard Works.
Item # EB01c011
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white photograph from negative of Packard Number One from rear showing woman driver in fur coat, hat and gloves, waving and Packard sign on rear of auto. Inscribed on photo back; car completed Nov. 6, 1899, Warren Ohio; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster; body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio. Car appears in same condition as one appearing in Motor Age magazine ca. April 1912.
Item # EB01c014
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of Packard Model A Number One in its permanent home in the lobby of the James Ward Packard Laboratory of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh University. Inscribed on photo back; car completed and road tested on Nov. 6, 1899 in Warren Ohio; 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster, originally fitted with a dos-a-dos seat on rear deck. Body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio.
Item # EB01c015
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.