Digital Collection
2014.053.484

Print, Photographic

Black and white print of Packard-Detroit Demonstrators in Action. Photograph depicts a Packard Light Eight being driven across a set of train tracks on the recently-completed Grand Trunk Western Railroad Dequindre Cut. A series of four "tell-tales" are suspended above the tracks, which warned brakemen to lie flat on the roofs of boxcars in order to avoid being swept off by low bridges. Written on recto of photograph:"Demonstrating the Light Eight in Detroit. See Inner Circle". Written on folder:" Packard-Detroit Demonstrator in Action". Dated: March 21, 1932.

Date
1932
Print Size
5" x 7"
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