America's First Shoe Lasting Machine is Patented

Tue, 03.20.1883

America’s First Shoe Lasting Machine is Patented

*On this date in 1883, a Black inventor patented the first shoe-lasting machine.

Jan Matzeliger from Dutch Guiana revolutionized the shoe industry with his invention, patent #274,207.

Reference:

1001 things everyone should know about African American History
by Jeffery C. Stewart,
Copyright 1996, DoubleDay
ISBN 0-385-47309-5

Global Black Inventors.com

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