1908 Packard model U test car covered in mud with four male passengers
7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1908 Packard three-quarter front left view, parked on street, covered in mud, male behind wheel with three male passengers, houses in background. Inscribed on photo back: 1908 Packard '30' model U, 4-cylinder, 30-horsepower, 122-inch wheelbase, 'Hiram' test car, fitted with a 1906 model S, 5-person touring car body, built in winter 1906-07 'Hiram' was tested extensively by Packard engineering; under direction of head tester 'Bill' Birmingham, exhaustive road tests were then conducted, photographed near Packard works East Grand Blvd., Detroit, Michigan.
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Making of Modern Michigan
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- 1908
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Packard Motor Car Company
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Photographs
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- 1 photograph
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Detroit Public Library
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