Inventions during the 1900's-1950's

  • Fly swatter was invented

    Fly swatter was invented
    The fly swatter was made to kill flies and insects that got in the way. The fly swatter was very light weighted, so it was easy to carry around. They were either metallic, rubber, or plastic. The fly swatter was invented by Robert R. Montgomery.
  • Gillette Razors

    Gillette Razors
    The Gillette Razor was invented by King C. Gillette. This razor was supposively safe, inexpensive, and had an disposable blade. It took Gillette 6 years to get his idea out there, however he finally did.
  • Air conditioner was invented

    Air conditioner was invented
    In 1902 the air conditioner was inventd by Willis Haviland Carrier. Haviland made it possible for four-color printin with this new air condition that he had invented. The air conditioner helped keep a stable environment.
  • The invention of the Model T and was first sold

    The invention of the Model T and was first sold
    The Model T was invented by Henry Ford, who offered the firdt Model T car that he made for $950. The price of the car decreased throught the years to about $280. This car sold fast, about 15,500,000 were sold in the United States.
  • Headset was invented

    Headset was invented
    The headset was invented by Nathaniel Baldwin.During the Civil war the trops used these headsetd as telephones. The troops kept asking for more, butl Nathaniel could only give 10 at a time becase he was only making them in his kitchen.
  • Lifesavors candy was invented

    Lifesavors candy was invented
    This candy was invented by Clarence Crane. The first flavor of the lifesavors was a pepperment flavor. This candy is known as the "summer candy", its better than eating chocolate in the heat.
  • The blender was invented

    The blender was invented
    The blender was invented by Stephen J.Poplawski. The blender was used to mic up alcoholic beverages and pure food. The blender consisted of spinning blade on a long rod extending down into a cup.The blender was either made of glass, plastic, or stainless steel.
  • The band-aid was invented

    The band-aid was invented
    The band-aid was invented by Earle Dickson in 1921. His wife would always cut her fingers in the kitchen when she would prepare food. Dickson noticed and decided to try and make the piece of tape and gauze stay on his wifes fingers by covering it with crinoline so it wouldn't fall off her fingers
  • Hair dryers were invented

    Hair dryers were invented
    Alexandre invented the hair dryer. The hair dryer was extremely big and heavy, and was somewhat overheated.
  • Scotch tape ws invented

    Scotch tape ws invented
    Scotch tape was invented by Richard Drew, in 1930. The idea of making scotch tape happened when Drew noticed that the workers were having trouble making straight lines on two color paint jobs.
  • Drive-in movie theater

    Drive-in movie theater
    The drive-in movie theater was invented by a young sales manager, Richard Hollingshead. Thia young man was eager to invent something that had to involve his two intrest, which were cars and movies.He wanted people to be able to come to a outdoors movie theater with their car and watch a movie. People would have to pay 25 cents for the car and 25 cents for the person.
  • Electric Guitar was invented

    Electric Guitar was invented
    The electric guitar was invented by Adolph Rickenbaker. IT was a guitar with hollow sound holes.
  • Silly putty was invented

    Silly putty was invented
    The silly putty was fun to play with back then, you could drop it and it would bounce back up. It could also stretch further than regular rubber, and it didn't mold. It had high melting temperature, so there was no use for it, they eventually started selling the silly putty in toy stores. It was found by James Wright.
  • Invention of the bikini

    Invention of the bikini
    Louis Reard invented the first bikini. He didn't create the idea however he did invent it. He was known to make the smallest bikini.
  • Tupperware was invented

    Tupperware was invented
    Tupperware was invented by Earl Silas Tupper. Tupperware is a plastic container with an airtight lid. At first7 tupperware wasn't welcome, because most had issues with the lids, and stores lagged, but later on the tupperware became more useful.