Shoes for everyone : a story about Jan Matzeliger / by Barbara Mitchell ; illustrations by Hetty Mitchell.
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TextSeries: A Carolrhoda creative minds bookPublication details: Minneapolis, Minn. : Carolrhoda Books, c1986.Description: 63 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0876144733
- Matzeliger, Jan Ernst, d.1889 -- Juvenile literature
- Matzeliger, Jan Ernst, d.1889
- Matzeliger, Jan Ernst, d.1889
- Shoe industry -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Afro-American inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Inventors
- Shoe industry -- Biography
- Afro-Americans -- Biography
- Inventors
- Shoes and shoe industry -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
- 658/.31/0028 B 92
- TS990.M335 M58 1986
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Ayers | NFIC | 92 MAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 401156 |
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A biography of the half-Dutch/half-black Surinamese man who, despite the hardships and prejudice he found in his new Massachusetts home, invented a shoe-lasting machine that revolutionized the shoe industry in the late nineteenth century.
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