↑ Packard Advertising Art (1927–1928)

Packard Convertible Coupe Ad (November–December, 1927) – The Greek mathematician and inventor, Archimedes, discovered and used many of principles of mechanical engineering two hundred fifty years B.C.

Packard Convertible Coupe Ad (November–December, 1927) – The Greek mathematician and inventor, Archimedes, discovered and used many of principles of mechanical engineering two hundred fifty years B.C.

Packard Ad (September, 1927) – A thousand years before the Christian era the Chinese had development the art of fine lacquer work. Notable examples of their craftsmanship were produced in the reign of K'ang-hi (A.D. 1661-1721)

Packard Ad (September, 1927) – Some of the world's most famous upholstery and hangings were produced at the Hotel des Gobelins under the patronage of Louis XIV

Packard Ad (October, 1927) – With the medieval alchemists, seeking to turn baser metals into gold, began the modern science of metallurgy

Packard All-Weather Town Car Ad (October, 1927) – The ancient craft of fine leather-working found expression in the seventeenth century in the cavalier's equipment

Packard Six Two-Passenger Coupe Ad (October–November, 1927) – In the eighteenth century coach building was an art. "The most superb carriage ever built" was finished in 1761 for George III

Packard Ad (November, 1927) – One of the greatest craftsmen of all time, Benvenuto Cellini's use of jewels in ornament has never been surpassed

Packard Convertible Coupe Ad (November–December, 1927) – The Greek mathematician and inventor, Archimedes, discovered and used many of principles of mechanical engineering two hundred fifty years B.C.

Packard Eight 4-Passenger Coupe Ad (December, 1927) – The art of enameling dates from the fifteenth century when Venetian glass workers discovered the secret of firing enamel on metal surfaces

Packard Dietrich Convertible Sedan Ad (December, 1927) – Fine ladies had much leisure in the age of chivalry—their needlework was often a lasting artistic achievement

Packard Ad (January, 1928) – The most splendid period of English furniture has been called Chippendale after the greatest of English cabinetmakers

Packard Ad (January, 1928) – Early in the 17th Century Galileo pioneered modern astronomy and the measurement of interstellar space

Packard Ad (February, 1928) – Greek artists depicted Hercules and Zeus on the dies cut to strike the gold coins of Alexander's world empire (300 B.C.)

Packard Six Convertible Coupe Ad (February, 1928) – Designers of the late 18th century made the elaborate sedan chairs of that period beautiful in line and artistic in color and embellishment

Packard Victoria Sedan Ad (March, 1928) – Before men learned acid plating in the 15th century, precious metals were dissolved in mercury and applied as a liquid, the quicksilver then being evaporated in a furnace

Packard Phaeton Ad (March, 1928) – One of the wonders of the ancient world was the bronze statue if the sun-god Helios, 105 feet high, cast in 280 B.C. and known as the Colossus of Rhodes

Packard Eight Convertible Coupe Ad (March–April, 1928) – Years before the Christian Era it was a slave's duty to lubricate each chariot for the Public Games in the Roman Circus

Packard Convertible Coupe Ad (April, 1928) – The skill of the medieval swordsmiths was an heritage from generations at the forge

Packard Ad (April, 1928) – Repoussé, the ancient art of raising designs upon metal by hammering from the back, was extensively used in ornamenting early bronze armour

Packard Ad (May, 1928) – The consummate art with which the old masters mixed and applied their pigments is attested by the color values and the character still retained by their paintings

Packard Ad (May, 1928) – The methods used in heat treating metals in the early days of automobile manufacture were still those of the Dark Ages

Packard Ad (June, 1928) – In Colonial days spoke holes in a felly were bored by the wheelwright one by one — a laborious, inexact process

Packard Phaeton Ad (June, 1928) – A colt from a long line of blue-blooded thoroughbreds, expert attention, careful conditioning — then the private test to prove its expected speed and stamina

Packard Ad (July, 1928) – The Emperor of the French was noted for his rigid standards in the inspection of his crack regiments

Packard Eight Phaeton Ad (July, 1928) – The elaborate figureheads of famous American clipper ships were no cut from solid timber, but built up of fitted pieces — then carved to final form

Packard Coupe Ad (August, 1928) – To our great-grandfathers the coach and four represented the height of luxury, speed and comfort in transportation

Bilder: The Literary Digest; The Saturday Evening Post