Automobile Quarterly: The Ultimate Photography Collection
About Automobile Quarterly
AQ was a hardbound, advertising-free periodical, published from 1962-2012. Professional photographers shot all the images, and while AQ published some, only their staff saw the rest. Most of the images are color negative transparencies taken with 35mm cameras. The complete finding aid to the finding aid with over 12,000 rows of data is available. 7,461 images are online.
More information on the Collection is found on the Museum’s Omeka image site.
Click on the images to see more for each vehicle.
Email info@americaspackardmuseum.orgif you have any questions or wish to obtain high resolution digital copies. Online in Omeka as of May 2026: 52 brands, 247 models, 7,525 images.
Please note that the images are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use the images in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Unless expressly stated otherwise, America’s Packard Museum makes no warranties about the Item and cannot guarantee the accuracy of this Rights Statement. You are responsible for your own use.
NHPRC Grant: The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) awarded the Museum a one-year grant to process the AQ records. The project goals are to complete processing by September 2025, create a detailed keyword-searchable finding aid with about 10,000 rows of folder headings and about 250 pages in length, and digitize a sample of 1,500 images of photographs, documents, and drawings. The finding aid and images will be available for free on multiple sites. The NHPRC, located within the National Archives, provides opportunities for the American people to discover and use records to broaden public understanding of our democracy, history, and culture.