1.0Â鶹·¬ºÅ Detroit Â鶹·¬ºÅThe Way it Was - Packard Motor Car Company, 1912 - Â鶹·¬ºÅ Detroit Â鶹·¬ºÅrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="/the-way-it-was-articles/the-way-it-was-packard-motor-car-company-1912/">The Way it Was – Packard Motor Car Company, 1912</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /** * WordPress inline HTML embed * * @since 4.4.0 * @output wp-includes/js/wp-embed.js * * This file cannot have ampersands in it. This is to ensure * it can be embedded in older versions of WordPress. * See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/35708. */ (function ( window, document ) { 'use strict'; var supportedBrowser = false, loaded = false; if ( document.querySelector ) { if ( window.addEventListener ) { supportedBrowser = true; } } /** @namespace wp */ window.wp = window.wp || {}; if ( !! window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage ) { return; } window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage = function( e ) { var data = e.data; if ( ! data ) { return; } if ( ! ( data.secret || data.message || data.value ) ) { return; } if ( /[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test( data.secret ) ) { return; } var iframes = document.querySelectorAll( 'iframe[data-secret="' + data.secret + '"]' ), blockquotes = document.querySelectorAll( 'blockquote[data-secret="' + data.secret + '"]' ), i, source, height, sourceURL, targetURL; for ( i = 0; i < blockquotes.length; i++ ) { blockquotes[ i ].style.display = 'none'; } for ( i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++ ) { source = iframes[ i ]; if ( e.source !== source.contentWindow ) { continue; } source.removeAttribute( 'style' ); /* Resize the iframe on request. */ if ( 'height' === data.message ) { height = parseInt( data.value, 10 ); if ( height > 1000 ) { height = 1000; } else if ( ~~height < 200 ) { height = 200; } source.height = height; } /* Link to a specific URL on request. */ if ( 'link' === data.message ) { sourceURL = document.createElement( 'a' ); targetURL = document.createElement( 'a' ); sourceURL.href = source.getAttribute( 'src' ); targetURL.href = data.value; /* Only continue if link hostname matches iframe's hostname. */ if ( targetURL.host === sourceURL.host ) { if ( document.activeElement === source ) { window.top.location.href = data.value; } } } } }; function onLoad() { if ( loaded ) { return; } loaded = true; var isIE10 = -1 !== navigator.appVersion.indexOf( 'MSIE 10' ), isIE11 = !!navigator.userAgent.match( /Trident.*rv:11\./ ), iframes = document.querySelectorAll( 'iframe.wp-embedded-content' ), iframeClone, i, source, secret; for ( i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++ ) { source = iframes[ i ]; if ( ! source.getAttribute( 'data-secret' ) ) { /* Add secret to iframe */ secret = Math.random().toString( 36 ).substr( 2, 10 ); source.src += '#?secret=' + secret; source.setAttribute( 'data-secret', secret ); } /* Remove security attribute from iframes in IE10 and IE11. */ if ( ( isIE10 || isIE11 ) ) { iframeClone = source.cloneNode( true ); iframeClone.removeAttribute( 'security' ); source.parentNode.replaceChild( iframeClone, source ); } } } if ( supportedBrowser ) { window.addEventListener( 'message', window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage, false ); document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', onLoad, false ); window.addEventListener( 'load', onLoad, false ); } })( window, document ); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/the-way-it-was-articles/the-way-it-was-packard-motor-car-company-1912/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“The Way it Was – Packard Motor Car Company, 1912” — Â鶹·¬ºÅ Detroit Â鶹·¬ºÅ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/12/January-TWIT-Teaser.jpg1000886“Ask the man who owns one,” was the luxurious Packard Motor Car Company’s advertising slogan, and if you asked this man, he could tell you plenty about the allures of the Packard. He’s Henry Bourne Joy, the Packard Co.’s president, tooling around in the snow in a 1912 Packard 6 Runabout.