Man driving 1899 Packard Model A
8x10 black and white photograph of first Packard. Inscribed on photo back: driven on campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. after car was shipped there in autumn of a 1930 for permanent exhibition in lobby of the James Ward Packard Laboratory of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering. Car is 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster completed Nov. 6, 1899. Body by Morgan & Williams, Warren, Ohio. The restored car has a solid engine compartment door (original had louvers) and is missing original fittings such as side lamps, lamp attached to center of front cross springs, and dos-a-dos seat mounted on rear deck.
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Making of Modern Michigan
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- Date Created
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1930
- Contributors
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Packard Motor Car Company
- Material Type
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Photographs
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No linguistic content
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Holding Institution
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Detroit Public Library
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