The National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio, commemorates the Packard motor car's history, which began in thed 1820s here not long after Warren was established as the "Capital of the Connecticut Western Reserve." The Packard was built in Warren in 1899 at the Packard Electric Co.'s subsidiary plant, the New York and Ohio Co., which was started by brothers William Doud and James Ward Packard, according to the museum's Web site. They were the sons of Warren Packard, the son of William Packard, who was the first postmaster of nearby Lordstown, Ohio. Ultimately, this company evolved into the Packard Motor Car Co. in 1902. In 1911, Warren became the first city in the United States to have incandescent light bulbs lighting its streets, bulbs manufactured by the Packard Electric Co. As the car company grew, so did the need to develop a better electrical system for the company's cars -- so production of cable became an important part of the Packard Electric Co. Later, in 1932, Packard Electric became a division of General Motors Co. Subsequently, that company was spun off of GM as independent company Delphi Packard Electric Systems.

This car shown here is the 1934 Packard Standard 8 1101-719 Coupe-Roadster.