1899 Packard Model A
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Description
Photograph from glass negative of 1899 Packard Number One with driver. Inscribed on photo back: "Completed and first road tested Nov. 6, 1899, Warren Ohio; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster. Body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer. Driver Henry Joy? Photograph taken some years after car's completion, note holes in the dash, etc., lack of such original equipment as dos-a-dos seat mounted on rear deck, lights & skirt below driver's seat. This is the car given to Lehigh University."
Details
- Creator:
- Packard Motor Car Company
- Resource ID:
- EB01c010
- Subject:
- Packard automobile
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 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.