Stanley Museum

The Stanley Museum, Inc. commemorates and preserves the heritage of Stanley family genius. The famous “Stanley Steamer” automobile was invented by Francis Edgar Stanley and manufactured by him and his twin brother, Freelan Oscar Stanley (from Stanley Museum website also located in Kingfield, Maine).

A Brief history of Locomobile

F.E. Stanley built three small steam cars in 1897 and 1898 and with his twin F.O. exhibited one of them at a public horseless carriage show at Charles River Park in November, 1898. Due to a fantastic public response, they decided to start producing these cars commercially. Before this could actually happen, however, John Brisben Walker, owner of Cosmopolitan magazine, and Amzi Lorenzo Barber, the nation's leading producer of asphalt, purchased the rights to the Stanley car. Almost immediately, these two partners separated, each having the rights to produce the Stanley car. Walker went down to New York to start work on what was to come the Mobile steamer while Barber remained in Watertown, Massachusetts, to produce the Locomobile. (from The Genealogy of the "Locomobile" Steam Carriage by Donald L. Ball)

I have added a link in my "Interesting Lykamobile Links" section pointing to this little 55 page booklet "The Genealogy of the "Locomobile" Steam Carriage 1899-1904" for anybody that might want to purchase (it only costs $8.00 plus shipping). It is an interesting book with details and pictures of various parts and Locomobile cars.