ED APPERSON, AUTO PIONEER, DIES AT AGE 89
Deceased Name: Edgar Landon Apperson
Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (IL) (Published as Chicago Tribune (IL)) - Thursday, May 14, 1959
Edition: Chicago Tribune
Phoenix, Ariz., May 13 (AP) -- Edgar Landon Apperson, 89, designer and builder of the first American automobile, died Tuesday at his Phoenix home, where he had lived since his retirement in 1933.
In 1893, Apperson and his brother, Elmer, began building a horseless carriage in their machine shop at Kokomo, Ind. "It was a far cry from the mechanical miracles of today, but it ran," he said in a recent interview. "It will run yet." Labeled "First American Car," the vehicle now is in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
The first car was manufactured on assignment for Elwood Haynes, who later provided financial backing for the Haynes-Apperson Auto company, which built cars for a number of years. The Apperson brothers went into business for themselves producing as many as 14,000 to 16,000 cars a year for a number of years before Elmer died in 1920. Apperson sold out to a syndicate in 1924. The car achieved fame as the Apperson Jack Rabbit.
Deceased Name: Edgar Landon Apperson
Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (IL) (Published as Chicago Tribune (IL)) - Thursday, May 14, 1959
Edition: Chicago Tribune
Phoenix, Ariz., May 13 (AP) -- Edgar Landon Apperson, 89, designer and builder of the first American automobile, died Tuesday at his Phoenix home, where he had lived since his retirement in 1933.
In 1893, Apperson and his brother, Elmer, began building a horseless carriage in their machine shop at Kokomo, Ind. "It was a far cry from the mechanical miracles of today, but it ran," he said in a recent interview. "It will run yet." Labeled "First American Car," the vehicle now is in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
The first car was manufactured on assignment for Elwood Haynes, who later provided financial backing for the Haynes-Apperson Auto company, which built cars for a number of years. The Apperson brothers went into business for themselves producing as many as 14,000 to 16,000 cars a year for a number of years before Elmer died in 1920. Apperson sold out to a syndicate in 1924. The car achieved fame as the Apperson Jack Rabbit.
ED APPERSON, AUTO PIONEER, DIES AT AGE 89
Deceased Name: Edgar Landon Apperson
Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (IL) (Published as Chicago Tribune (IL)) - Thursday, May 14, 1959
Edition: Chicago Tribune
Phoenix, Ariz., May 13 (AP) -- Edgar Landon Apperson, 89, designer and builder of the first American automobile, died Tuesday at his Phoenix home, where he had lived since his retirement in 1933.
In 1893, Apperson and his brother, Elmer, began building a horseless carriage in their machine shop at Kokomo, Ind. "It was a far cry from the mechanical miracles of today, but it ran," he said in a recent interview. "It will run yet." Labeled "First American Car," the vehicle now is in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
The first car was manufactured on assignment for Elwood Haynes, who later provided financial backing for the Haynes-Apperson Auto company, which built cars for a number of years. The Apperson brothers went into business for themselves producing as many as 14,000 to 16,000 cars a year for a number of years before Elmer died in 1920. Apperson sold out to a syndicate in 1924. The car achieved fame as the Apperson Jack Rabbit.
Deceased Name: Edgar Landon Apperson
Chicago Tribune Historical Archive (IL) (Published as Chicago Tribune (IL)) - Thursday, May 14, 1959
Edition: Chicago Tribune
Phoenix, Ariz., May 13 (AP) -- Edgar Landon Apperson, 89, designer and builder of the first American automobile, died Tuesday at his Phoenix home, where he had lived since his retirement in 1933.
In 1893, Apperson and his brother, Elmer, began building a horseless carriage in their machine shop at Kokomo, Ind. "It was a far cry from the mechanical miracles of today, but it ran," he said in a recent interview. "It will run yet." Labeled "First American Car," the vehicle now is in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
The first car was manufactured on assignment for Elwood Haynes, who later provided financial backing for the Haynes-Apperson Auto company, which built cars for a number of years. The Apperson brothers went into business for themselves producing as many as 14,000 to 16,000 cars a year for a number of years before Elmer died in 1920. Apperson sold out to a syndicate in 1924. The car achieved fame as the Apperson Jack Rabbit.
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