Chances are, you have Jan Ernst Matzeliger to thank, at least partially, for the shoes on your feet. Matzeliger, an immigrant from what is now the country of Suriname, in South America ...

But Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852–1889), was determined to automate this task. And with persistence, he was successful. He revolutionized the industry of shoemaking with his lasting machine.

Jan Ernst Matzeliger, an inventor of Surinamese and Dutch descent, did just that when he introduced his shoe-lasting machine to the world in 1883. Matzeliger was born in Paramaribo in 1852.

Dutch inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger changed all that with his shoe-lasting machine. Matzeliger was born in 1852 on a coffee plantation in Dutch Guiana – now Suriname, a small country on the ...

The exhibition includes original documents of freed and traded enslaved people, including inventor Lewis Latimer and Jan Ernst Matzeliger, inventor of a shoe lasting machine that is still used ...

Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852–1889) invented a shoemaking machine that increased shoemaking speed by 900%! Fast Fact: In 1992, the U.S. made a postage stamp in honor of Matzeliger.

Veteran American shoe designer, Dr. D’Wayne Edwards, has launched the first-ever black-owned footwear and shoe factory called, Jan Ernst Matzeliger Studio (JEMS). The name of the factory has ...

Chances are, you have Jan Ernst Matzeliger to thank, at least partially, for the shoes on your feet. Matzeliger, an immigrant from what is now the country of Suriname, in South America, revolutionized ...