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Interesting bumper guards but next to Rita Hayworth ... forget the car.


source: overdrive.fi

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If you want to scroll through the list of all of this admiral's awards in -> Wikipedia, you need to move the mouse about a meter. He was the only one for whom there were three ticker parades in New York, could cover his letters with stamps that showed his face or were issued in honor of his heroic deeds and had the strange pleasure of wearing two medals with his own portrait on his chest, drove through streets, flew over areas and walked under stars that were named after him. Road clear for the American naval officer Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) and a beautiful Packard.

"Packard 640, custom eight, sixth series, 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 140.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #340), fitted with deluxe equipment, plus dual side mirrors, six white sidewall tires, traditional parade from Battery Park up Broadway to City Hall New York City, reception for Rear-Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (world renowned scientist & explorer; first to fly over south pole, & only person at the time to have over flown both poles) & his companions after a two year south polar expedition to "Little America" & points south, riding in car with Adm. Byrd, Grover Whalen, New York's King of the Greeters."

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image sources
#1 - cover of Byrd's autobiography.
#2 - Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
#3 - explorersweb.com

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Admiral Byrd very nearly died of CO poisoning during his sojourn due to a defective oil heater vent.

TxGoat, thanks. Yes, confirmed there.

Same man, same place but a different Packard.
"Packard 343, third series eight (produced 8/1/1926-7/1/1927), 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 143-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #290), reception for Commander Byrd (Richard E.) & the transatlantic flyers N.Y.C., N.Y.; Byrd procession going north on Broadway, right to left in car Commander Richard E. Byrd, Mr. Whalen, 1927 New York license plate #DL-10-26."

Item # EB01d324

Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.