Jan Ernst Matzeliger

CTL-E-1058 · Institution · other · unspecified

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Jan Matzeliger received US 274207 on 1883-03-20 for a lasting machine that mechanized shoe lasting and transformed shoe manufacturing.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from TECH-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-TECH-001:TECH-E-049; source research type(s): None. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

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src-patent-us274207 (primary source)

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Negro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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