View of Mr. Morelli and George Backus posing with 1907 Mitchell car in front of the Parker Morelli Motor Co. dealership in Helena, Montana. Packard automobile on right. Stamped on back: "Photo taken Apr 25, 1938. Jorud Photo Shop, Helena, Montana." Handwritten on back: "17 new 1907 Mitchell cars were found in room to left of our showroom at Helena, April 10, 1938. These cars were all new, never run, just forgotten when Mitchell dealer died and widow took trip to Europe. Seated is Mr Morelli, brother of Frank Morelli (dealer). Standing, Geo. Backus, District Mgr. for O'Rourke Motor Car Co. Mitchell, 1907. Cost abt. $2500 apiece. Began selling for $25 apiece, [undecipherable] prices to $150 (used for adv. pur. [undecipherable] unusual Mitchell cars lead the [undecipherable] in all now running on sts. of Helena."
Item #: na045962
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of cars on exhibit during the 1909 New York Auto Show held at Madison Square Garden. Packard and Matheson cars in foreground. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Shows--New York Auto Show (Madison Square Garden exhibit), 1909."
Item #: na017704
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of cars on exhibit during the 1909 New York Auto Show held at Madison Square Garden. Packard and Matheson cars in foreground. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Shows--New York Auto Show (Madison Square Garden exhibit), 1909."
Item #: na017711
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of cars on exhibit at the 1956 Detroit Auto Show. Packard display in foreground; exhibits for Lincoln, Hudson and De Soto cars in background. "Clipper, America's finest medium-priced car" sign displayed over chairs in foreground. Typed on back: "43rd Auto Show."
Item #: na030032
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of Henry Bourne Joy and driver Jesse G. Vincent posing in a Packard Special Twin Six car at Sheepshead Bay. Handwritten on back: "Driver: Jesse G. Vincent. Passenger: Henry B. Joy. Car: Special Twin Six (First Series) with racing body. Photographed at Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn, NY), 11-2-1915. Joy & Vincent at Sheepshead Bay after Vincent's exhibition lap in a Twin Six Special which averaged 102.35 mph."
Item #: na052611
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of Hupmobile and Packard cars at the Michigan State Fair during the visit of President William Howard Taft to Detroit, Michigan. Building with "Change booth" sign and "Michigan State Agricultural Society" arch in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "Pres. Taft's visit to Detroit. Hupmobile, 1911. (Big car is Pack.)"
Item #: na044791
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of musicians from Packard band walking on path at Soo Locks during 1913 summer meeting of the S.A.E. Two men, walking alongside musicians, hold noisemakers; ferry in background. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., telephone North 1745." Handwritten on back: "The Packard band leading the processon at the Soo, S.A.E. trip, 1913. Events--Society of Automotive Engineers trip."
Item #: na031336
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of a woman worker testing an impeller for a Rolls-Royce engine. Label on back: "Packard News Service. Testing the 'run-out' of the impellers. Here again the operating demands exacted of the new Packard-built Rolls-Royce engine is reflected by a 'run-out' limitation of two ten thousandths of an inch." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
Item #: na040194
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
View of two men operating a Bullard machine for machining cylinders for Packard marine engines. Label on back: "Bullard machine for machining cylinders. This eight spindle lathe, type "D" Mult-Au-Matic, which rough and semi-finishes the cylinder bore and rough turns various diameters on the outside diameter weighs 48,000 pounds and cost $50,000. In order to install this machine it was necessary to set it into a pit to secure clearance for the heighth [sic]." Handwritten on back: "Packard. Marine engine. ACWP - Machine tools."
Item #: na051787
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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