8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1925-1926 Packard, left five-sixths side front view, male driver, four men standing at side, two holding camera equipment. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 243, second series eight (produced 2/2/1925-8/1/1926), 8-cylinder, 85-horsepower, 143-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #245), fitted with wind wings, early type two-piece windshield. Note American & Swedish flags affixed to the windshield arms. Newsreel cameramen covering visit to California by Sweden's Crown Prince, car & driver (Oke Fjasted) courtesy of Earle C. Anthony. Photographed at Mission Inn, Riverside, Calif. after the royal party had been guests of the California Fruit Growers exchange on a tour through orange-grove land.
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