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Packard was an American luxury automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last Detroit-built Packard in 1956, when they built the Packard Predictor, their last concept car.
The company was considered the preeminent luxury car before World War II, and built aircraft engines for the Allied war effort. Owning a Packard was prestigious, and surviving examples are found in museums, car shows and automobile collections.
Packard bought Studebaker in 1953 and formed the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. The 1957 and 1958 Packards were actually badge engineered Studebakers, built in South Bend.
Here below is a set of vintage photos from
Vintage Cars & People that shows people posing with Packard automobiles from between the 1920s and 1950s.
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| A company of five posing in a 1925 open-top Packard Eight Phaeton on a gravel road in the countryside, circa 1925 |
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| A company of five posing in a 1926 open-top Packard Phaeton on a graveled Alpine road, August 1927 |
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| A well-to-do family of three posing with a 1928 Packard Standard Eight Sedan in summertime. The Packard is registered in the administrative region of Düsseldorf, circa 1928 |
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| Four stylish individuals posing with a 1928 Packard Sedan in front of a large brick-built house in summertime, circa 1928 |
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| Two elegant couples posing with a 1926 Packard Roadster open-topped in a residential street on the outskirts of town, circa 1928 |
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