Man driving 1899 Packard Model A
Grab
Description
View 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."
Details
- Creator:
- Packard Motor Car Company
- Resource ID:
- EB01c005
- Subject:
- Packard automobile
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1930
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Packard Collection
- Location:
- Packard, 1899. First Packard, Model A
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.