Remy Baker's 1916 Model 22

1916 Milburn Light Electric
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Photos courtesy of Remy and Betty Baker
Owner: Elisha "Remy" Baker
Email: tricar-at-charter.net
Location: Liberty, SC
Serial number (frame stamp): 2-xxx-2 
Motor number (title): 455182
Body number (square plate): 193
Model: 1916 Milburn Light Electric model 22
Wheels: Wood
Color: Peacock Blue, with black upper body, black running gear, and blue wheels
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Owner's remarks: We "collected" antiques for over 57 years and, when it was time to retire, we tried to pull everything  we had collected from storage around the country, and opened a museum.  We have  the largest varied collection in the south - 20 vehicles (a number we have owned for between 25 and 50 yrs), motorcycles, a barber shop, traveling dentist office, general store, a grange hall, a seven room house filled with antiques and, of course, the Milburn Electric.  Remy has a lot of fun talking about our cars; he gives a guided tour which takes about 1½ hours, unless it is a car person and then they just keep talking while Betty gets the coffee or sodas.  It is a most enjoyable hobby, cars, that is, and antiques in general.
-Remy and Betty Baker

Research Notes (by M.Twete): Remy purchased this Milburn from a broker in Massachusetts, who purchased it from an antique dealer in New York, and there's a plaque on the dash that bears the name "Tom McDonald".  Based on color, markings, NY license plate and other factors, this car is undoubtedly the E. Eugene Hawkins Milburn that was donated to the Long Island Automobile Museum in the 50's and resided there until the 80's, when it was sold at auction and disappeared.  This car has been mentioned in numerous newspaper articles over the several decades that the Hawkins' owned it (Mr. Hawkins bought it new as a wedding gift for his new wife in 1916) and appeared in Horseless Carriage Gazette, Automobile and the Standard Catalog of American Cars.  This is a Model 22 car based on its purchase in early 1916, its motor# and body#.