7.5x9.5 black and white photograph of a 1903 Packard Model F with sign 'Packard Motor Cars St. Petersburg.' Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 88-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster. Used in the transcontinental crossing June 20-August 21st, 1903, a total of 5600 miles from San Francisco to New York. The driver was E.T. (Tom) Fetch from the Packard Warren, Ohio plant and passenger Marius C. Krarup, editor of The Automobile. 'Old Pacific' also participated in the First Annual Endurance Contest of the NAAM, on October 7-15th, 1903 from New York to Pittsburgh as contestant #16 class D, driver E.T. (Tom) Fetch, observer E.H. Lowe. Photo taken outside Cary-Crane Motors, Inc., Packard agents, St. Petersburg c.1924.
Item # EB01c062
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph, copy of original print, of 1903 Packard Model F carburetor. Inscribed on photo back; carburetor of 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 88-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster. Close-up picture of the Carter carburetor that was used on 'Old Pacific' during the transcontinental crossing from New York to San Francisco June 20th-August 21st, 1903, a total of 5600 miles. Driver Tom Fetch, from Packard plant in Warren, Ohio, passenger Marius C. Krarup, editor, The Automobile.
Item # EB01c063
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white photograph of a 1903 Packard Model F. Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 88-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster 'Old Pacific.' The driver, Sam Taylor is pictured outside of a Packard dealership in the 1920s. This model participated in the transcontinental crossing June 20th-August 21st, 1903 from San Francisco to New York, 5600 miles, driver E.T. (Tom) Fetch from the Packard Warren, Ohio plant and passenger Marius C. Krarup editor of The Automobile. This model also participated in the First Annual Endurance Contest of the NAAM from New York to Pittsburgh 7-15th of October, 1903 as contestant #16 class D, finished with a perfect score, driver was E.T. Fetch and observer was C.H. Lowe.
Item # EB01c064
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.