View of Major General George H. Brett, M.M. Gilman, Sir Henry Self and Walter Smith at dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. CBS microphone in foreground. Label on back: "Speaking to an international radio audience on August 2, 1941, these men described the highlights of a Ten-Month Miracle that saw the Rolls-Royce fighter engine brought to American production within the defense plants of the Packard Motor Car Company. Standing at the Columbia microphone beside engine no. 1 are, left to right: Major General George H. Brett, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps; M.M. Gilman, President of the Packard Motor Car Company; Sir Henry Self, Chief of the British Purchasing Commission; and Walter Smith, of Packard's Rolls-Royce engine staff."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of a 1934 Packard Twelve, Eleventh Series, Model 1108 convertible victoria on display at Hall of Precision exhibition in Chicago, Illinois. Handwritten on back: "Packard, 1934. 1934 Packard Twelve, Eleventh Series, Model 1108. 12 cy., 160 b.h.p., 147" whb. Convertible victoria, 4-p. Body-type #4072 by Dietrich. Packard Motor Car Co. 'Hall of Precision' exhibition, Chicago."
Item #: na047037
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Bird's-eye view of rows of Packard cars in parking lot. Stamped on back: "Photo by R.S. Johnson, photographer. KE. 3-1590, 23839 Dehner St., Detroit 19, Michigan." Handwritten on back: "Packard Motor Co. drive away, Nov. 3rd, '51."
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Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of 1911 Packard ambulance, with open rear doors. "Packard Motor Car Company" painted on side of truck. Handwritten on back: "Motor trucks--Packard, 1911."
Item #: na009462
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of man driving 1904 Packard car. Sign on back of car reads: "This Packard car holds the world's fastest 1000 miles non-stop record for anything on wheels, 29 hours, 53 minutes, 37 3/4 seconds, average 33 1/2 miles per hour." Handwritten on back: "Packard, 1904."
Item #: na010057
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of J.M. Murdock family posing in 1908 Packard car; young boy leans against spare tire. Sign on car: "Packard car enroute from Pasadena, Cal. to New York, equipped with Continental tires." The Murdocks of Johnston, Pennsylvania, were the first family to make a California to New York automobile trip. Handwritten on back: "Packard, 1908."
Item #: na010047
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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