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Shedding Light on Lewis Latimer
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Born in Massachusetts in 1848, Latimer served in the U.S.
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Shedding Light on Lewis Latimer

By:
Patricia Carter Sluby, Chase Brush
Summer 2020 | Volume 26, Issue 2
Born in Massachusetts in 1848, Latimer served in the U.S. Navy and worked as a patent illustrator before authoring a number of inventions himself. “Like the light of the sun, it beautifies all things on which it shines, and is no less welcome in the palace than in the humblest home,” wrote Lewis…
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