Inventor James Ward Packard joined his older brother William Doud Packard in founding the Packard Electric Company in 1890, where they manufactured incandescent carbon arc lamps.

From the turn of the 20th century the Packard brothers, James Ward and William Doud, insisted that parts put on all Packard automobiles be of high quality, durability and reliability. For more ...

Charles Ohlin, director of educational services, will present “An Ill-Fated Venture: The Packard Brothers in Canada.” William Doud and James Ward Packard started the Packard Lamp Co. in ...

But, the Packard Motor Car Co. and the Packard legend might not have existed without two very important events that happened in the Lehigh Valley.

William Doud Packard was born in 1860. The boys were known as Will and Ward. The brothers grew up in Warren and spent their summers working for their father’s hotel on Chautauqua Lake in New York.

James Ward Packard and his brother William Doud Packard started the Packard Electric Company in 1890 as well as the Packard Motor Car Company in 1899 in Warren, Ohio.

It was Warren's sons, James Ward Packard and William Doud Packard, who built the car, and the following year, they founded the Ohio Automobile Company to produce their Model A.

Julie Brooke Doud Des Moines - Julie Brooke Doud was born October 24, 1981 to John William Doud and Constance Sue Brooke Doud in Grinnell, Iowa.

Founders James Ward and William Doud Packard built a luxury brand that survived until 1956.

William “Bill” Packard, 78, of Washington, WV, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020, at the home of his son in Cottageville, WV. He was born May 20, 1942, in Elmira, NY, a son of the late ...

Participants will visit the graves of brothers William Doud and James Ward Packard, who founded Packard Electric and the Packard Motor Car Company. The cemetery also is the final resting place of ...

"In 1890, William Doud Packard and his brother, James Ward Packard, established the Packard Electric Co., which produced incandescent bulbs." ...