View of spectators, including boy with bicycle, posing with Packard "Old Pacific" car during the 1903 Packard Transcontinental Tour. Handwritten on back: "Old Pacific was the center of attraction in this town during the summer of 1903 when it made a transcontinental automobile trip in 53 days, starting in San Francisco. This 1902 Packard was driven by Tom Fetch, Packard foreman and test engineer. Tours--Packard Transcontinental Tour, 1903."
Item #: na030806
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of James Ward Packard driving custom car. Handwritten on back: "Biography--Packard, James Ward. James Ward Packard, founder of Packard Motor Car Co., in special custom job around 1903."
Item #: na004138
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of two men trying to dislodge Packard "Old Pacific" car from mud during the 1903 Packard Transcontinental Tour. Handwritten on back: "A fence rail serves as a lever, with leaves and brush packed under the wheels of Old Pacific to help it out of the mud on its historic cross-country run. Tours--Packard Transcontinental Tour, 1903."
Item #: na030807
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white sepia-toned Packard Co. file photograph of 1903 Packard Model F outside of Packard dealership in 1920s. Inscribed on photo back; 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 88-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster 'Old Pacific.' 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/photographer Marius C. Krarup editor of The Automobile. 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, driver E.T. Fetch, observer C.H. Lowe.
Item #: EB01c066
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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