Notes

George T Sampson was an African-American inventor best known for inventing the automatic clothes dryer in 1892; and received a patent for it in 1893. He also invented a propeller for a sled. In England and France during the end of the 18th century, clothes dryers were being made. Called ventilators, these large contraptions were made of metal.
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Samuel Scottron was a inventor of the late 1800s, best known for his invention of the curtain rod.





It is unclear if Scottron was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or New England in the years 1841 or 1843. What is clear is that the Scottron family moved to New York in 1849. Scottron graduated from grammar school at the age of fourteen. He went to work for his father in 1863, during the Civil War, selling goods to the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the US Colored Soldiers. Scottron moved to Florida in 1864, breaking from the family business and started a grocery store chain, with stores in Gainesville, Jacksonville, Lakeville, Palatka, and Tallahassee. He soon sold off his profits and relocated to Springfield, Massachusetts, and worked as a barber. After taking note of the difficulty his customers had, trying to see the back of Scottron created dual adjustable mirrors on a standing pole. He obtad a pa
tent for his first invention