The trivia question in this morning’s edition of the Daily Chronicle (an in-house publication here at Ida Culver House Broadview) – the question was “Who invented the electric car?” Answer – A. William Morrison B. Robert Anderson. C. Thomas Edison
The correct answer is B. The Scottish inventor Robert Anderson in the 1830’s
This little bit of trivia sparked (excuse the choice of words) a memory. Years ago in the 1940’s if I remember correctly I used to see an electric vehicle parked in the driveway of a house across the street from the Longfellow House on Brattle Street in Cambridge Massachusetts. Not far from Harvard Square.
Now the sad thing is that my sisters Ruth and Nan are no longer alive to help verify or contradict this memory. I miss them! And reaching further into the past my mother and her father are of course long gone as well. My grandfather in particular could tell me in detail about this black car. He lived in the Commander Hotel nearby.
Longfellow House
Hotel Commander
My sisters Ruth and Nan on the Ile de France in New York. They were about to sail. It was April 1950. I was 13 years old. They would be gone for 2 months. Oh how I missed them. But they had such adventures!
Grandma Friend as a young mother in Minneapolis Minnesota. She is holding me as a newborn and one of the twins is standing beside us. 1912
Grover – our Fiji hound. A very loving dog. He used to sit on the sea wall and wait for the boys to come home from school (Suva Primary) on the school bus. He jumped for joy when they appeared – I think it was the highlight of his day.
My father and mother, 1937
Here’s a picture of my brother in the 1950’s – he’s with our dog Duchess on Hill’s Pond in New Hampshire. Lots of nice memories there!
Map showing the start of my son’s ride from south to north via the Rockies.
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