Garrett A. Morgan is emerging as a larger-than-life figure in American history. Finally. International recognition for the brilliant Cleveland entrepreneur comes a century after his life-saving ...

Garrett Augustus Morgan was born March 4th ... In 1895 he moved to Cleveland and started repairing sewing machines. This is where he developed his taste for the way things work.

As part of Black History Month, we remember Garrett Augustus Morgan, a Cleveland inventor ... He moved to Cleveland in 1895 and was employed as a sewing machine repairman for a clothing manufacturer.

Garrett Morgan was born in 1877 in Paris ... He did this armed with only a 6th-grade education. Taking a job at a sewing machine factory, he became curious about how he could improve the machinery.

Career Summary: An African-American inventor who moved to Cleveland in 1895 and began repairing sewing machines for a clothing manufacturer as a teen. This was the impetus for Morgan's interest in ...

“Garrett Morgan saw a problem ... Morgan owned a successful repair shop in Cleveland where he fixed and sold sewing machines, and a tailor shop where he made suits, dresses, and coats.

Garrett Morgan bringing up a survivor during the ... with lubricating oils to keep fast-moving hot steel needles in sewing machines from scorching the fabric. At lunchtime he wiped his oily ...

Garrett Morgan was born in Claysville ... From there, he moved on to work as a sewing machine adjuster for women’s clothing manufacturers. This was the first job Morgan had that appealed ...

A historical marker honoring Garrett A. Morgan was unveiled ... The following year, Morgan opened a sewing machine repair shop, the marker stated. In 1920, Morgan invented the three-way caution ...

Garrett Morgan was born in 1877 in Paris ... He did this armed with only a 6th-grade education. Taking a job at a sewing machine factory, he became curious about how he could improve the machinery.