Bob Hope – 1949 Michigan State Fair Headliner
Packard, Bob Hope, and the 1949 Michigan State Fair
Entries by Hilary Davis
Found – Another Wrecked Packard Dealership Photo in the PPG Vault
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake lasted 10 seconds
Why Packard Froze Cars In The Old Tank Building
Packard reworked the former Tank Building into an Engineering Test Laboratory
M4 Sherman Tank at the Packard Proving Grounds in 1943
What kind of tanks were tested at the PPG during WWII?
Test Driving Packards at the Proving Grounds – Fun or Work?
How much fun this test driver must have been having driving around the sand pit at the PPG!
Vault Gems – V2 Rocket Attack
Two intriguing shots of a Packard building in England in 1945.
Serendipity – Part 11
Now I am a volunteer at the PPG, giving tours, working on restorations, serving on committees, writing articles. The site is in good hands and its future is bright.
Serendipity – Part 10
Soon the enormous task of bringing the site and buildings back to their former glory was underway.
Serendipity – Part 9
It was easier and more profitable to sell land scraped clean of obsolete and decrepit buildings.
Serendipity – Part 8
We went to the township government officials to see if they could acquire the property in order to make it a local historic attraction.
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