Showing posts with label Packard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Packard. Show all posts
Southwest College car show Phi Theta Kappa fundraiser
Beautiful advertising from 1909 and 1928, from Moment D' Inspiration







See galleries of far more of this small sample at the very cool blog http://momentdinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/11/old-american-cars.html president of the Packard Motorcar Company in a 1913 Packard doing a trailblazer journey across the USA scouting a route for the Lincoln Highway
Conceived in 1912 by Carl Fisher, (founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway), the Lincoln Highway would be the first highway to stretch coast-to-coast. In those days few “improved” (graded) roads existed, and those few were only found within city limits. Long-distance auto trips weren’t something even considered by prudent individuals, but the highway would prove instrumental in making cars a viable mode of travel.
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