1922-23 PACKARD E-Series Motor Truck loaded w/ARMOUR Meat 8x10 B&W Glossy Photo

Description

This photo is an excellent high quality 8” x 10” black & white glossy new photo reproduction of a 1922-1923 PACKARD Motor Truck in Washington, DC hauling a load of ‘ARMOUR’ Meat.
”SAMPLE” will not appear on your photo, it is only on the scanned image.
DESCRIPTION: The PACKARD truck  in this photo is either a Model ED 3-Ton or an EF 5-Ton, on hard rubber tires, an open-sided C-cab with canvas side-curtains and a fabric roof. Still quite primitive’ by today’s standards, this truck still had a hand-crank for starting and gas lamps for headlights. This truck plainly carries a 1923 “DC” license plate. This Packard is equipped with a flare-side express body lettered with ‘ARMOUR’ and loaded with slabs of bagged meat, most likely on the way from an Armour packing house to local meat markets. In the background are 3 small motor buses parked along the curb, and a street car/trolley in the center of the street behind this scene. If this weary old Packard and its driver could only talk, I’m sure they would have many a fascinating story to tell of early motor truck transportation in our nation’s capitol.
HISTORY OF PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY: While most famous for their high quality passenger cars built from 1899 to 1958 in Detroit, Packard did produce motor trucks in smaller quantities from 1903 to 1923. The most famous Packard trucks were the 7-1917 E-Series trucks, known as ‘The Wingfoot Express’ used by Goodyear to promote the new Goodyear pneumatic truck tires and make newsworthy trans-continental trips. In 1923 Packard discontinued their truck line to concentrate on high quality automobiles, eventually merging with Studebaker, then fading out entirely in 1958.
CONDITION: This outstanding black & white photo is a reproduced photo from an original vintage photo in my personal lifetime collection. This photo has been printed on excellent quality
FujiFilm
Glossy Photo Paper. This full 8x10 photo is borderless.
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