7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1933 Packard view of front three-quarters of car, parked in street, owner comic strip creator George McManus, standing on left side. Inscribed on photo back; 1933 Packard eight, model 1001, tenth series eight, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 127.5-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body type #603), fitted with deluxe equipment; approved Packard accessories bumper guards, license plate frames, pilot ray light, cormorant emblem, twin trumpet horns, chrome plated wheel discs, dual side mounted spares, rear view mirror, fender guides, radio (trunk & guard removed); purchased 6-14-1933 for $2866.75, purchase order #9103, from LeRoy Spencer, Earle C. Anthony, Inc., Los Angeles. 'George McManus, creator of Jiggs, Maggie, Dinty Moore and other characters in 'Bringing up Father,' says that to date Jiggs and Maggie have been able to agree on only one thing. And that is, that when it concerns motor cars, Packard is the only car to buy.'
Item #: EB01e715
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
"Photo taken in LaSalle, CO by Jim Pearsall, ca. 1985. Seventeen inch Steel disc wheels as shown are almost never seen on 1933 and 1934 Packards sold in this country but were used for the most part on exported Packards to the UK and to India, where today there are a number of examples still extant. The disc wheels were available for Packard Eight and Packard Super Eight, but not Packard Twelve, through the Eleventh Series."
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1933 Packard left side view. Inscribed on photo back; Packard 1006 twelve, tenth series, 12-cylinder, 160-horsepower, 147-inch wheelbase, special 'Car of the Dome' show car (modified Dietrich Inc., 5-person sport sedan, body type #3182), modifications by Packard, note first series update 1934 eleventh series bumpers, 1934 eleventh series front fenders, bail cap replacing pelican emblem, retained tenth series hood louver door hardware, retained tenth series fore-door windows, retained tenth series tail lamp housings, exhibited retaining its special metallic bronze gold coloring, this car continued to be part of the special Great Dome display in the travel and transportation building at Chicago's 'A Century of Progress' international exposition.
Item #: EB01d719
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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