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Title: 1903 Packard Model K
Date: 1903
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 7.5x9.5 black and white photograph of 1903 Packard Model K, three-quarter right front view. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 24-horsepower, 92-inch wheelbase, 4-person surrey.

Title: 1903 Packard Model K bare chassis
Date: 1903
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph copied from glass negative of 1903 Packard Model K bare chassis. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 24-horsepower, 92-inch wheelbase. Photographed at the Packard plant, Warren, Ohio plant with two-story wooden building in the background. This was the first 4-cylinder car that Packard made, cost $7000, were approximately 7 built and the Gray Wolf used this engine.

Title: 1903 Packard Model K on winter road
Date: 1903
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1903 Packard Model K on snowy road with houses in background. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 24-horsepower, 92-inch wheelbase, 5-person rear-entrance tonneau. Other sources describe as 25-horsepower and 91-inch wheelbase.

Title: 1904 Packard
Date: 1904
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph of a 1904 Packard, three-quarter front right side view.

Title: 1904 Packard Model L 1,000 mile car with driver Charles Schmidt & mechanic Edward F. Roberts
Date: 1904
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white sepia-toned Packard Co. file photograph of 1904 Packard Model L. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 22-horsepower, 94-inch wheelbase, body stripped of tonneau & fitted with truck bed for carrying spare parts & tires; driver Charles Schmidt and mechanic Edward F. Roberts. Taken after Packard's second attempt at 'the World's Fastest 1,000 miles Non-stop Record for anything on Wheels' at Grosse Pointe track which began Aug. 6, 1904, and crossed the finish line at midnight...
Show more8x10 black and white sepia-toned Packard Co. file photograph of 1904 Packard Model L. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 22-horsepower, 94-inch wheelbase, body stripped of tonneau & fitted with truck bed for carrying spare parts & tires; driver Charles Schmidt and mechanic Edward F. Roberts. Taken after Packard's second attempt at 'the World's Fastest 1,000 miles Non-stop Record for anything on Wheels' at Grosse Pointe track which began Aug. 6, 1904, and crossed the finish line at midnight plus 9 minutes, 37.6 seconds on Aug. 8, -- 29 hours 53 minutes, 37 3/8 seconds, an average speed 33.5 miles per hour. Packard's first attempt at Grosse Pointe track on June 20th, 1904 ended in a crash, driver was Jack Boyd and Charles Schmidt the mechanic. Note: while all available information & reports of the event seem to agree that the car used was a Model L, the radiator shown here is of the style used on the 1905 Model N. An unidentified newspaper clipping on photo back states 'In 1904 the Packard Motor Car Co. staged a 1,000 mile run to demonstrate the merits of the new 4-cylinder engine which was developed by a Frenchman with the German name Charles Schmidt. The non-stop run took place on the Detroit Driving Club track located on the present site of the Chrysler factory out Jefferson...'
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Title: 1904 Packard Model L after four testing run
Date: 1904
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph of a 1904 Packard Model L runabout with three unidentified men in protective gear. Inscribed on photo front: the Model L Packard after its fourth testing trip of 670 miles Chicago and return (Detroit, Michigan).

Title: 1904 Packard Model L in snow
Date: 1904
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1904 Packard Model L in snow, house and wooden building in background. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 22-horsepower, 94-inch wheelbase.

Title: 1904 Packard Model L with Hamilton Carhartt family in Naples, 1904
Date: 1904
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph of 1904 Packard Model L with family in fur coats, parked by statuary and palms. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 22-horsepower, 94-inch wheelbase, rear-entrance tonneau. The body is fitted with a folding victoria roof, folding glass windshield, and wicker baskets carried at the sides. Hamilton Carhartt and his wife are the couple closest to the camera in the light-colored coats. Mr. Carhartt is seated in the front seat and his wife is sitting directly...
Show more8x10 black and white photograph of 1904 Packard Model L with family in fur coats, parked by statuary and palms. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 22-horsepower, 94-inch wheelbase, rear-entrance tonneau. The body is fitted with a folding victoria roof, folding glass windshield, and wicker baskets carried at the sides. Hamilton Carhartt and his wife are the couple closest to the camera in the light-colored coats. Mr. Carhartt is seated in the front seat and his wife is sitting directly behind him, posing with their car in Naples, Italy, 1904.
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Title: 1904 Packard Model L with driver & passenger in front of Packard Motor Car Co.
Date: 1904
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white sepia-toned Packard Co. file photograph of a 1904 mud-spattered Packard Model L. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 22-horsepower, 94-inch wheelbase, fitted with test body; driver Edward F. Burns and passenger Sydney Waldon, after test of first Detroit-built Model L. The photo was taken at Packard Works in Detroit, Michigan, the Packard office building is in the background center.

Title: 1904 Packard Model L with four male occupants in Webster, 1905
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph, copy of original print, of 1904 Packard Model L on residential street. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 22-horsepower, 94-inch wheelbase, rear-entrance tonneau fitted with wicker baskets carried on sides of body; notation on back of original print: taken in Webster, 1905, Mr. D. Howe, Mr. B. Burgess, Mr. M. Swenry, and Mr. W. Hutchinsen.

Title: 1904 Packard Model L, front view
Date: 1904
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph of close up front view of 1904 Packard Model L touring car taken on a country road.

Title: 1905 Packard Model N coupe
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1905 Packard Model N, right side view, on road. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, 2-person Brougham coupe. This model was introduced at the 1906 Automobile Show in NYC and beat the Cadillac 1906 Model H 4-cylinder by one year. Note: 2 brass plates mounted at base of coupe pillar.

Title: 1905 Packard Model N driving seat-elevation
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1905 Packard Model N, close-up of driver's seat. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, driving seat detail. Note: in uncropped but retouched form this photo was used as an illustration in a 1905 Packard Motor Car Co. sales brochure; dash mounted plate reads 'Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich., USA'; button on left horizontal steering wheel spoke is a switch to cut off the spark and thus stop the engine...
Show more8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1905 Packard Model N, close-up of driver's seat. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, driving seat detail. Note: in uncropped but retouched form this photo was used as an illustration in a 1905 Packard Motor Car Co. sales brochure; dash mounted plate reads 'Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich., USA'; button on left horizontal steering wheel spoke is a switch to cut off the spark and thus stop the engine without having to move either hand from the wheel.
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Title: 1905 Packard Model N engine-front elevation
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1905 Packard Model N engine. Inscribe on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower engine-- front elevation. Note: in retouched form, this was used as an illustration in a 1905 Packard Motor Car Co. sales brochure.

Title: 1905 Packard Model N limousine
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1905 Packard Model N. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, limousine photographed near the Packard E. Grand Boulevard works, Detroit, Michigan. Note: new type rear spring support arms.

Title: 1905 Packard Model N limousine, front view
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 7.5x9.5 black and white photograph of 1905 Packard Model N, front view. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, limousine with numbers 10265 painted on each side lamp. Photographed in Central Park, NYC. Photo stamped 'Lazarnick Collection.'

Title: 1905 Packard Model N loaded onto a 1905 Packard truck
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph of 1905 Packard Model N, loaded onto the back of a 1905 or 1906 Packard truck with 2 unidentified males on snowy road.

Title: 1905 Packard Model N on a road
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1905 Packard Model N, right side view. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, 5-person double side entrance tonneau touring car fitted with a canopy roof (rear panel shown in position) having a windshield hinged at the top so as to fold up against the underside of the roof when not in use.

Title: 1905 Packard Model N on a winter road
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1905 Packard Model N on winter road, right side view. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, 5-person double side entrance tonneau touring car fitted with a canopy roof having roll-up side curtains & a glass windshield hinged at the top so as to fold up against the underside of the roof when not in use.

Title: 1905 Packard Model N roadster
Date: 1905
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1905 Packard Model N, right side view. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster.

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