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Thanks to Mal's investigative skills, our Polly was identified. Yes, he knows the women ...



image source: eBay, item number: 121708534461

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"...Hardly ever does the discussion roll back far enough to include Slingin' Sammy Baugh, the greatest Redskin ever, without question, and almost certainly the first great passing quarterback in pro football history..."

But today let's have a look at Sammy's Packard station wagon.

"...Before the game, Baugh stood at the center of Griffith Stadium next to a brand new wood-paneled Packard station wagon, reportedly worth $3,000. The car, presented to him by the Washington Touchdown Club, had the inscription "Slingin' Sam" on one side and a big "33" on the other side...."


sources
quotation #1 - Michael Wilbon, Washington Post
quotation #2 & image - profootballhof.com

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1925-26 Packard 326, third series six, 6-cylinder, 60-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person runabout (body type #223), scene in playlet of 'Serving Susan' enacted for the summer 1926 Packard Magazine, by Leatrice Joy, movie star.
Photos courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.

"...Her mother disapproved of her becoming an actress, but the family needed the money, so her mother accompanied her to California where she began working in plays and films..." [wikipedia]

A heavy burden for Leatrice Joy (1893-1985). Would you like to get another evidence?

"...she was supposed to be named 'Beatrice' but on the way to her christening, her mother remembered that Leatrice's father had once been engaged to a girl by that name. So she went through the alphabet (Beatrice, Ceatrice, Deatrice) until she came to a version she liked....". [imdb.com]

Judy Garland, (June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress and vaudevillian [wikipedia].

Do us the rainbow, Judy.

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source: ebay; item number 371050761699

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After sentiments in fairyland
now a quick pan to a man,
whose nose is telling
his story self-explanatory.




sources
pic #1 - josportsinc.com
pic #2 - ebay; item number 350809340465
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You may have already known about the recent Academy Award movie Carol, but has there been any mention of the Packards that are appearing in this film? I counted seven different Packards and according to the credits at the end of the movie, many of them came courtesy of Citizen's Motors (Dayton) and The Packard Museum. The movie is set at the end of 1952 and is a nostalgia treat for its details. Two discordant minor notes were several scenes showing a 1954 Clipper Super and Cate Blanchett doing highway driving in her beautiful 1950 Custom sedan in what must be second gear. She has two scenes where she shifts into first and seemlessly drives away. This movie alone might increase the values of the 22 and 23rd Series as much as Rainman's 49 Roadmaster convertible. Coincidently,, both films were significantly shot in Cincinnati.

source: Time magazine 02.1926

And again a lady, Diana Olivia Winifred Maud Cooper, Viscountess Norwich or short Lady Diana Cooper, who "...was a famously glamorous social figure in London and Paris ..." [wikipedia], pictured at the wheel of a RHD Packard with direction indicators. The missed exterrior mirrors could have accounted for what looks like dents and scratches on the rear fender.



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Although he is hardly known in Europe, the life of "The World's Greatest Entertainer" Al Jolson has been too colorful to press it into two or three sentences.

A Light Eight was his car.


image source: greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.de
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Although not now "politically correct", had to include this!

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"Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 - December 4, 1977) was an American model, vaudeville and film actress ... Hyams retired from acting in 1936, but remained part of the Hollywood community for the rest of her life..."

Not only for her but also for the Packard they rolled out the carpet.



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video clip: youtube
quotation: wikipedia
image: ebay; item number 290919815967
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