1929 Packard in parade for Admiral Richard E. Byrd
Packard Co. file photograph of a 1929 Packard three-quarter front view, during ticker tape parade for Admiral Richard E. Byrd, crowd in background. Inscribed on photo back: "Packard 640, custom eight, sixth series, 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 140.5-inch wheelbase, 7-person touring car (body type #340), fitted with deluxe equipment, plus dual side mirrors, six white sidewall tires, traditional parade from Battery Park up Broadway to City Hall New York City, reception for Rear-Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (world renowned scientist & explorer; first to fly over south pole, & only person at the time to have over flown both poles) & his companions after a two year south polar expedition to "Little America" & points south, riding in car with Adm. Byrd, Grover Whalen, New York's King of the Greeters."
- Creator:
- Packard Motor Car Company
- Resource ID:
- EB01d419
- Subject:
- Packard automobile
- Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1930
- 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.