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  • First Packard Model A

    First Packard Model A

    8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of Packard Number One. Inscribed on photo back: completed Nov. 6, 1899, Warren Ohio; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster; body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio. Car no longer possesses some of its original fittings such as side lights & the one affixed to the center of the front springs, the leather skirt fitted below the seat cushion, and the dos-a-dos seat originally mounted on th…

  • First Packard Model A

    First Packard Model A

    8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1899 Packard Number One. Inscribed on photo back: completed Nov. 6, 1899, Warren Ohio; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster with provision for 2 passengers on dos-a-dos. Body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio. This photograph taken prior to installation of H-gate shift lever or bulb horn on spade handle steering lever. By the time this car was given to Lehigh University all three r…

  • Man driving 1899 Packard Model A

    Man driving 1899 Packard Model A

    8x10 black and white photograph 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 louver…

  • First Packard Model A

    First Packard Model A

    8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of Packard Number One. Inscribed on photo back: completed Nov. 6, 1899 in Warren, Ohio; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster; body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio. Photographed prior to car's restoration and donation to Lehigh University--note flat tires, tattered fender, etc.

  • 1899 Packard Model A

    1899 Packard Model A

    8x10 black and white 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…

  • 1899 Packard Model A, car number four or number five

    1899 Packard Model A, car number four or number five

    8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1899 Packard Number Four or Packard Number Five on country road. Inscribed on photo back: Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster, fitted with a 2-person dos-a-dos seat mounted on rear deck. Body by Morgan & Williams, Warren, Ohio. Car has H-gate shift box. Cars Number Four and Number Five were almost identical. The latter was sold on Feb. 3, 1900 to George D. Kirkham, a Warren, Ohio businessman residing on …

  • First Packard Model A

    First Packard Model A

    8x10 black and white photograph of 1899 Packard Number One in crate with 6 unidentified men in suits. Inscribed on photo back: Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster completed Nov. 6, 1899, in Warren Ohio. Body by Morgan & Williams. Car is either being crated at Packard Motor Car Co. for shipment to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. or being uncrated at Lehigh for permanent display in the lobby of the James Ward Packard Laboratory of Electrical and Mechanical…

  • 1899 Packard number one

    1899 Packard number one

    8x10 black and white photograph from negative of Packard Number One from rear showing woman driver in fur coat, hat and gloves, waving and Packard sign on rear of auto. Inscribed on photo back: car completed Nov. 6, 1899, Warren Ohio; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster; body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio. Car appears in same condition as one appearing in Motor Age magazine ca. April 1912.

  • 1899 Packard on display at Lehigh University

    1899 Packard on display at Lehigh University

    8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of Packard Model A Number One in its permanent home in the lobby of the James Ward Packard Laboratory of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Lehigh University. Inscribed on photo back: car completed and road tested on Nov. 6, 1899 in Warren Ohio; 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster, originally fitted with a dos-a-dos seat on rear deck. Body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio.

  • Packard Model A with woman in front of the Lodge

    Packard Model A with woman in front of the Lodge

    8x10 black and white photograph of Packard Number One with woman, parked in front of the manager's quarters (a.k.a. the Lodge), designed by Albert Kahn, at the Packard Proving Grounds. Inscribed on photo back: car completed Nov. 6, 1899, Warren Ohio; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster; body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio. Restored car has solid engine compartment door, vs. louvered door of original, and is missing original fitting…

  • First Packard Model A

    First Packard Model A

    8x10 black and white photograph of Packard Number One. Inscribed on photo back: completed Nov. 6, 1899, Warren Ohio; Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster; body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio. Restored car has solid engine compartment door, vs. louvered door of original, and is missing original fittings such as side lights & the one affixed to the center of the front springs, and the dos-a-dos seat originally mounted on the rear deck…

  • William Doud Packard's personal car

    William Doud Packard's personal car

    8x10 black and white photograph of William Doud Packard's personal car, 1899 Model A Number Two.

  • 1900 Packard Model B

    1900 Packard Model B

    8x10 photograph of 1900 Packard Model B. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 76-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster fitted with carriage top; body by Morgan & Williams, carriage manufacturer, Warren, Ohio.

  • 1901 Packard with driver and passengers

    1901 Packard with driver and passengers

    8x10 black and white photograph of 1901 Packard pictured with male driver and two female passengers in the back along the side of a country road.

  • 1901 Packard Model C on display, with young girls

    1901 Packard Model C on display, with young girls

    8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of 1901 Packard Model C. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster. Packard Motor Co. of New York photograph taken at the Packard building, Broadway at W. 61st street, New York City. This vintage 1901 Packard Model C was used in a window display at the Packard Building. The two passengers were the young Miss Hymans, daughters of Mr. Samuel Hyman, who took the photograph while inside the Packard Buildi…

  • 1901 Packard Model C with driver

    1901 Packard Model C with driver

    8x10 black and white photograph of the 1901 Packard Model C with male driver. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster.

  • 1901 Packard Model C with 1900 Model B steering

    1901 Packard Model C with 1900 Model B steering

    8x10 black and white photograph of a 1901 Packard Model C. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster with unidentified male driver on residential street. However this 1901 Packard Model C has a 1900 Packard Model B type steering lever and chassis.

  • 1901 Packard Model C

    1901 Packard Model C

    7.5x9.5 black and white photograph of a 1901 Packard Model C. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster fitted with a buggy top. This photograph was used to illustrate the "12-horsepower special" in the first full-page advertisement for Packard automobile in the November 7, 1900 issue of The Horseless Age.

  • 1901 Packard Model C

    1901 Packard Model C

    8x10 black and white photograph of a 1901 Packard Model C parked outside. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster.

  • 1901 Packard Model C with women passengers

    1901 Packard Model C with women passengers

    8x10 black and white photograph of a 1901 Packard Model C. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 75-inch wheelbase roadster with special seats--a 2-person front, driving seat with two 2-person seats placed at back on sides facing each other. The four ladies in the back are company office girls, the front seat passenger is Packard sister Olive (unseen) and William Hatcher is the driver.