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| 1921 |
Black and white 9" x 12" ad that gloats about the quality of Packard's workmanship since it claims that the four cylinder model "Eighteen", which had been out of production for ten years, was the choice of many taxi companies. There is a picture of a city street of the times at dusk with several cars being driven on the streets. Prices are given in the ad for the Packard Twin-Six Touring of $6000 and the Packard Single-Six Touring of $2975. | June 1921 Vanity Fair |
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| 1932 |
Packard - Full color 8 3/4" x 12 1/4" ad that shows a blue four-door Twin Six parked against a brown background. The ad text talks about the powerful engines developed by Packard for aviation and marine applications. |
June 1, 1932 Vogue |
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| 1937 |
Packard 120 - Full color 9 1/2" x 13 3/4" ad that has a five-frame cartoon strip for the 1937 Packard 120 that starts off with the headline that "We're tired of leading a second-best life". The story starts off with the cartoon showing the happy couple dining and celebrating their wedding anniversary. The night became quiet when they realized that they had become "content" and drove their car home. In the second frame, "Looking at our car, we were reminded of what we had said when we were married". That was that "Some day...we'll own a Packard". The third frame reminds them that "Yes, we remembered our wedding day hopes". That was to not become content with the second-best things in life and that, by golly, they had better get a Packard. In the fourth frame, "Next day we marched down to the Packard showrooms to see the new Packard Six". They test drove it, found that their old car would cover the first payment and that "the remaining payments were pleasantly easy". In the fifth frame, it says that "So today - we own our Packard! And life is fuller and richer because of that Packard". Boy, if that doesn't beat all! |
May 17, 1937 Life magazine |
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| 1937 |
Packard - Full color 10" x 13" ad. It shows a couple watching a Red Packard driving by and the headline states "Here we are....Envying". Below is a drawing of the same couple driving in a Blue Packard with the headline "Here we are....Being Envied". This is an unusual ad. I first thought it was printed crooked on the page but in looking at the way the two drawings line up I think it was intentional. |
June 28, 1937 Life magazine |
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| 1940 |
Packard 120 - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for the 1940 Packard One-Twenty Family Sedan. This ad has a drawing of a car parked on a dirt lot next to a lighthouse. The ad has a diagram of the car with four arrows pointing to it: the first one pointing to the engine and it says "8 Cylinders", the second one pointing toward the front of the car and it says "120 Horsepower", the third one is covering the wheelbase and it claims "127-Inch Wheelbase" and the fourth one is pointing towards the trunk and it claims a "Low Operating Cost". The ad headline calls this the "Packard 120: Car of the Personal Pronoun" and, at the bottom of the ad there is a price of $1038. The ad is saying that "The next time you meet a One-Twenty owner, notice his choice of personal pronouns. When he mentions his car, we'll lay you odds that it's "my" One-Twenty - instead of "the". For this particular eight does this particular thing to owners. It gets under their skins - grows closer to their hearts the longer they own it. For the Packard One-Twenty has personality. It's as gloriously different in its ride and handling as it is in its looks". The ad text goes on and on, describing the features of this wonderful car. |
May 13, 1940 Life magazine |
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| 1941 |
Packard One-Ten Deluxe Touring Sedan - Full color 9 1/2" x 13 3/4" ad that is for the illustrated 1941 Packard One-Ten Deluxe Touring Sedan. The ad claims that it "Cuts your footwork in half! Packard Electronic Clutch" and, pictured in the ad, is a Green Packard touring through traffic. The text says that "Once you touch the starter of the new 1941 Packard, you've opened the door to amazement in motion - new and more effortless than you ever dreamed of. For in this brilliant new Packard, your left foot loafs. It just goes along for the ride, the car itself operates the clutch. The Packard Electromatic Clutch takes over the clutch operation...the letting-out and letting-in that used to keep your left foot so busy. This moderately-priced Packard optional feature has none of the defects that marred earlier self-operating clutches. It engages at just the right rate, neither too slow nor too fast. A combination of electrical and vacuum control does a smoother job of operating the clutch than you would do yourself. It has the further advantage of making the conventional foot-clutch available, if desired, by touching a button. And, in combination with the Aero-Drive, this Packard improvement not only elimates footwork on the clutch - but reduces gear-shifting as well. The Electromatic Clutch is only one of 64 bright new features that make the 1941 Packards the most exciting cars of the year. There's glamorous new Multi-tone beauty - inside and out - with no less than 261 color harmony combinations. There's the Passmaster Engine, 10% more economical than preceding thrifty Packards. There's AeroDrive, giving you a dividend of one mile free in five! There's Air Conditioning (a Packard first) which puts heat and humidity to rout with real refrigeration. There's Feather-light handling ease, Air-glide ride - and these are only the starting points. Make no mistake, the new 1941 Packard is new from stem to stern. Longer, lower, lovelier, infinitely more luxurious, it's truly the Class of '41". |
October 28, 1940 Life magazine |
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| 1941 |
Packard straight eight Clipper 4-door sedan - Full color 10" x 13" ad for the "first streamlined car planned for "lookers" and riders". It discusses several features that make it a value. |
May 19, 1941 Life magazine |
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| 1941 |
Packard Clipper - Full color 9 1/2" x 12" ad that features a drawing of a Blue Four-door parked majestically in a nature setting. The ad headline calls the car "New beauty you'll appreciate with your eyes closed. Packard Clipper 4-door Sedan $1375". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad are not visible in the scanned view. | June 9, 1941 Life magazine |
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| 1946 |
Packard Clipper - Full color 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" ad for the 1946 Packard Clipper, the car that is advertised as "America's No. 1 Glamour Car!". There is a drawing of a Blue 1946 Packard Clipper Four-Door parked in front of a railway station with no one in it and, the people standing there waiting, are all looking at the car as if it was gold. The ad tells us that "'We wish we had a thousand of them' a Packard dealer wired us. And we wish we could supply all the new 1946 Packard Clippers our dealers, and their customers, are clamoring for. Thanks for your enthusiasm Right now, all we can say to the thousands of loyal Packard friends, is this: We are doing our level best to accelerate production, and we shall continue to apportion available cars fairly among our dealers. Naturally, we, too, are eager for you to become the proud owner of this magnificent new car - for it's The Greatest Packard Ever Built In the brilliant flash of its performance...and in every sweeping contour of its speed-stream styling...it's far-and-away America's No. 1 Glamour Car!. And the new skills developed by Packard master craftsmen in building high-precision combat engines for planes and PT boats, now bring you, in this great car, a mechanical excellence that is little short of perfection itself. A Car Worth Waiting For! So, if you have to wait a little while for your new 1946 Packard Clipper, we hope you'll be patient. Here is a car worth waiting for, if there ever was one!". |
December 17, 1945 Life magazine |
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| 1946 |
Packard Clipper - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad shows a long green four-door in the showroom and a blue Clipper parked in a driveway with an admiring group of people standing around it. The ad headline calls it "America's No. 1 Glamour Car". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad are not visible in the scanned view. |
January 21, 1946 Life magazine |
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| 1946 |
Packard Clipper - Full color 9 3/4" x 13 1/2" ad with a drawing of a Blue four-door parked outside of the Pan American Airways System building. The ad headline states that "No matter how you look at it - here's America's No. 1 Glamour Car". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 10, 1946 Life magazine |
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| 1946 |
Packard Custom Super Club - Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for the 1946 Packard Custom Super Club Sedan. This ad has a picture of this stylish Red car, sitting there, just waiting for someone to hop in and drive her away. The headline claims that "Never before in Packard's history has there been an announcement ad like this!". The text of the ad goes on. "We don't know, for certain, what other car manufacturers intend to do. But, here at Packard, we have already made an important decision: There will be no new 'next year's' models introduced this fall. Nor will there be any major changes in the superb Packard we are now building - at least until well into 1947. There are five reasons for this decision. 1. By continuing to build this superlatively fine motor car over into 1947, we do not have to stop production to 'tool up' for changes. This means more cars - sooner - for people who are so eager to become Packard owners. 2. By continuing the present styling, Packard fully protects the motorist who buys today's new Packard. He knows that the stunning new Packard he buys today will not become 'dated' in appearance tomorrow. 3. The stacks of orders now on hand are gratifying evidence that today's new Packard is the car America wants. 4. Because of the advanced Clipper styling, today's new Packard is not only conceded to be the best-looking car on the road, but is actually ahead of its time. 5. No car we have ever built, in all our 46-year history, ever won such spontaneous, enthusiastic, nation-wide acclaim as today's beautiful new Packard Clipper. See this brilliant new Packard and place your order - today. You'll soon know why Packard owners are saying 'Packard is a good company to do business with.'". |
July 15, 1946 Life magazine |
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| 1947 |
Packard - Full color 10" x 13" ad shows a green Clipper parked in the driveway of a house where Fall cleanup is underway. |
November 25, 1946 Life magazine |
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| 1947 |
Packards - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad that tells us that buying a Packard will be one of the most important days in a male's life. The headline says "Speaking of red letter days.." and has drawings of four days that qualify as such. First there is a Christmas morning where a young boy sneaks downstairs and sees a red bicycle parked next to the tree just waiting for him. Next there is the person, now a man, carrying his bride across the threshold as the car with the "Just Married" sign on the back sits parked. Third ther is a proud father standing at the window looking in as the nurse holds hiw newborn daughter. And last there is the man, bringing his wife and daughter to the front door to look out and see the Blue Packard that is now theirs, parked in front of the house. |
March 17, 1947 Life magazine |
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| 1947 |
Packard - Full color 10" x 13" ad claims that "A man has a right to be sentimental!". Above the drawing of a blue-green four-door Clipper are three photographs in a scrapbook. These photos are of: Jeb likes Nursery Rhymes, We moved in on Mar. 17th, 1939 and Our first Packard. The text tries to explain why a man might be as sentimental aobut his Packard as he is about his first house or first child. |
May 12, 1947 Life magazine |
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| 1947 |
Packard Super Touring Sedan - Full color 10" x 13 1/2" ad that has a picture of a Blue Sedan paper clipped to a lined piece of notebook paper. On the lines of this paper are the words "Note to car-hungry Americans: The selection of a new motor car is a decision you haven't had an opportunity to make in almost five long years - so choose wisely!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
October 28, 1946 Life magazine |
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| 1948 |
Packard - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad has a drawing of a Red four-door floating in the yellow sky. The ad headline claims this car is "Out of this world...into your heart". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
November 24, 1947 Life magazine |
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| 1948 |
Packard - Full color 7 1/2" x 10 3/4" ad that discusses the engines that power these beautiful vehicles. The headline under a drawing of a red four-door driving in a snow covered countryside setting claims "All this...and economy too!" At the bottom of the ad are drawings of three different color models with the horsepower ratings under each vehicle. |
February 16, 1948 Time magazine |
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| 1948 |
Packard - Full color 7 1/4" x 10 1/4" ad has a drawing of a Yellow convertible parked overlooking a golf course on the ocean while the occupants stand nearby watching the golf game. The ad headline claims that this car has been "Designed by the Wizards of 'Ah's!'" |
May 3, 1948 Time magazine |
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| 1948 |
Packards - Full color 7 1/4" x 10 1/2" ad that shows a large drawing of a green four-door driving through a rainy intersection and there is a smaller drawing that contains three models: a white Eight, a blue Super Eight and a red Custom Eight. The ad headline says "Rain or shine...Packard owners make their own weather!" |
April 5, 1948 Time magazine |
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| 1948 |
Packard - Full color 9 1/2" x 12" ad that is a larger version of the previous ad. The ad has a drawing of a driving rainstorm that a couple in their Green Four-Door Packard are able to drive comfortably and safely through. The ad headline promises that "Rain or shine...Packard owners make their own weather!". At the bottom of the ad are smaller drawings of cars with the 130-HP Eight, 145-HP Super Eight and 160-HP Custom Eight. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
April 12, 1948 Life magazine |
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| 1954 |
Black and white 10" x 14" ad for That Packard Look. There is a picture of a Two-Door from the side and the text goes into great detail explaining about the Styling of Packard that was trend-setting and how every Packard led two lives, the life of enduring style for the investment of your investment and the life of enduring performance which has characterized Packard quality production for more than five decades. The ad goes on to claim that "This double life has saved |
March 29, 1954 Life magazine |
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| 1954 |
Packards - Black and white 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad that talks about the Packard Automobiles that were available in 1954. Under the headline stating that you should "Visit the Nationwide Spring Showing of the New Packards for '54" it has a drawing of a Two-Door Packard Pacific hardtop, "One of 14 models in the Packard line". This ad also has a picture of a Two-Door Packard Clipper Panama hardtop in the lower right hand corner of this ad. The ad tells us that "The New Look in Cars is That Packard Look. Your Packard dealer takes great pride in welcoming you to his special Spring Showing of the brilliant new Packards and Packard Clippers for '54. These are exciting cars - quality built as only Packard can build them. They offer you far more power, more advanced engineering features, more convenience and relaxed driving comfort than any cars in Packard's 55-year history. And they are truly beautiful. That Packard look is the superb refinement of advanced contour styling - pioneered by Packard and now setting the trend in all of today's automotive design. This is the most complete line of Packards ever built with 14 models, 26 color combinations and 52 custom-tailored interiors available". |
May 10, 1954 Life magazine |
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| 1954 |
Packard Clipper Panama Hardtop - Full color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad has a photo of a White Two-Door with a Red Top stopped at the bottom of a set of steps. The two people sitting in the car seem to be waiting for three formally dressed people who are hurrying down the steps. The ad headline claims that this car "Costs less to own because it costs more to build!" This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
August 30, 1954 Life magazine |
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| 1955 |
Packard Four Hundred - Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad has a drawing of a Red and white two-door being driven down a suburban street by a contented couple. The ad headline begins the description of "The New Packard with exclusive Torsion-Level Ride". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
April 18, 1955 Life magazine |
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| 1955 |
Caribbean - Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for this car that had been Created for the most discriminating motorists in America. There is a drawing of a Black convertible with a blue stripe down the side that has pulled up for two men who are coming off the golf course. The flag for the green is visible in the view so I have to assume that it is the 18th green that we are seeing otherwise the woman has driven onto the course. The text talks about how this car has been designed for the leaders of industry, not just the average person. It talks about some of the unique designs incorporated into this car and it was powered by a 275 horsepower V-8. |
June 1955 Holiday |
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| 1958 |
Packard - Black and white 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" ad that advertises the All-New Packards. This hand-drawn advertisement was their last-ditch effort to sell cars. This ad has a drawing of the front end of a Packard showing the bumper, headlights and the front wheels as a well-dressed lady walking a large dog is standing next to it. The headline begins by saying that "Wherever You Go, People Know Packard". It then says to "Go where you will in a 1958 Packard and you will note the car is always a standout. In any setting, elegance is immediately apparent in every line of the Packard's carefully crafted exterior. And admirers looking into the car will notice luxurious appointments such as they have rarely seen before in any automobile. But the most striking feature of the new Packard styling is its originality. A long, forward sloping hood sweeps down to a simple, tastefully proportioned grille that is unmistakably identifable on the highway. In fact, Packard cars are the most original on the American road. Flatter yourself...with this distinction. Guest-drive a 1958 Packard today". The box at the bottom of the ad says "See the all-new Packards" but it attributes it to the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. |
May 1958 Holiday |
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