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File name: 08_06_019489
Title: Weathervanes
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1934 - 1956 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Film negatives
Subject: Weather vanes; Fire engines
Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.; Date supplied by cataloger.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Leslie Jones.
Preferred credit: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
It's not every day a fire engine pulls up outside my house, today one did, the reason was that someone had driven a car up the muddy bridle path, into a field and set fire to it. I wanted to get closer but we weren't allowed to, so the two shots of the fire were taken through the hedge from afar.
Reliance Fire Museum
1936 Model 1407 Packard 12 5 Passenger Sedan
The Packard Red Hexagon was undeniably one of the automobile Industries earliest marks of quality. Originally a black & white symbol when it appeared in 1908, the red background originated when mechanics would paint the Indentation of the logo on the hubcaps of refurbished vehicles declaring them 'complete', and superior to other cars (in the owners eyes). Ultimately the Packard company began producing the symbols with red backgrounds, which remain a symbol of pride a superior craftsmanship.
ASK THE MAN WHO OWNS ONE
This phrase was used in Packard sales campaigns for many years, it is regarded as the most famous ad slogan ever created in the US- coined in 19O1. The slogan was inadvertently created when a man inquired about purchasing a Packard and the company owner, overwhelmed with producing the new cars, replied through his secretary to "Ask the man who owns one". The ad campaign was born!
139.5" wheelbase
12 Cyl Packard Engine
Aluminum heads 6:5:1 compression
473.31 cu in 366 lb/ft torque @ 1400 RPM
175 HP @ 3200 RPM
Vacuum Assist Clutch
3 spd Packard Transmission
Price new $3,960
Overdrive added
Packard built 80,978 cars in 1936. 623 were 12 cylinder, but only 5 of the 12 cyl cars were a 5 passenger sedan! The brakes are mechanical with vacuum assist, the AM radio was installed at the factory, and the paint and upholstery are original. The car before you appears as it has been for over 75 years. If you're lucky enough to be here when we start the car next, you'll truly appreciate the precision craftsmanship of the nearly silent but powerful engine.