Lambert Day History
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Ivanhoe Avenue rides for the kids in the Lambert
Thanks to Robert Gowdy for sharing this precious photo of a ride he took when we were kids living on the same street back in Dayton, Ohio. In the photo are my dad, my two brothers, one Gowdy and perhaps a young Moon. The year is around 1958 and Dad’s car lived in a garage […]
Jim Swoveland, America’s First Passenger – Interview 1962
This article appeared in a California paper, the Long Beach Press-Telegram, on Monday, August 20, 1962. The writer Earl Wilson was a widely syndicated columnist who although he lived his adult life in Manhattan, was born in Mercer County, Ohio. From his 1987 obituary: Harvey Earl Wilson was born into a farm family in Rockford, […]
Aunt Lib Cook’s letter about early childhood memories
at the top of this typed letter it says “From Aunt Lib Cook:” who was John’s eldest sister. There is no date. I have typed it as it is originally typed. Dear Mary, Homer, Lucille and all: The first trip G.A. and I took together, Mother knit a pair of stockings for Mrs. Metcalf and […]
Lamberts in Museums
Carillon Historical Park, James F. Dicke Family Transportation Center in Dayton, Ohio https://www.daytonhistory.org/private-event-rental/james-f-dicke-family-transportation-center/ Lambert 1909 Touring Car in Fulton, Missouri http://www.visitflyovercountry.com/2013/10/fulton-mo-auto-world-museum.html I am checking on reports of one in Alaska and one in Indianapolis..
Mae and Ray each get a car 1907
Here are the remains of John Lambert’s gifts for the his children! 1907 John presented the red car to his son Ray and the other to his daughter Mae. The two of them grew up with the car industry. Within family reports are that both were confident drivers. Ray is quoted in an Anderson history […]
Ray Lambert’s Essay on his Father’s First Car
In 1937 my grandfather Ray Lambert wrote about his father John William Lambert’s process as John built America’s first car. Ray grew up with the car industry. He was a three-year-old toddler when his father built the sturdy, unique self-propelled buggy in Ohio City, Ohio in 1891. Ray remembered riding in it. As a young […]
A Brief Biography of John William Lambert
John William Lambert was the third of ten children, born on January 29, 1860 to farming parents who had settled in Ohio before the Civil War after leaving Lost Mountain, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The family farm of John’s birth was near Mechanicsburg, Ohio. There were aunts and uncles and cousins nearby. During the War, John’s […]
Here is the Evidence that Proved John William Lambert Invented America’s First Gasoline Automobile
There are several pieces of evidence that Antique Automobile Editor L. Scott Bailey had to determine John Lambert’s 1891 vehicle was the first gasoline powered car in America. These important historical documents are held by the Smithsonian Institution. the photograph taken by Van Wert photographer Walter Lewis and his sworn statement with the time and […]
