1937 Packard touring sedan and owner Col. Roscoe Turner
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Description
Packard Co. file photograph of a 1937 Packard left side view, owner Col. Roscoe Turner standing at driver's door. Inscribed on photo back: "Packard one twenty, fifteenth series, model 120-C, 8-cylinder, 120-horsepower, 120-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring sedan (body type #1092), note center bumper guard, fender mounted parking lights, automatic radiator shutters, fender wells, 6-wheels, white sidewall tires, wheel discs, Col. Roscoe Turner (b. Corinth, Miss. 1895-d. Indianapolis 1970), pioneer aviator, set numerous speed records, won Thompson Trophy race 1934, honored at home & abroad, setting: Packard Motor Car Co. Detroit, Mich."
Details
- Creator:
- Packard Motor Car Company
- Resource ID:
- EB01d951
- Subject:
- Packard automobile
- Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1937
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Packard Collection
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.