Jan Ernst Matzelige By 39739 1983 BCE He patented a shoe lasting machine that increased the availability of shoes and decreased the price of footwear. 1889 BCE The Consolidated Lasting Machine Company was formed to manufacture the devices, with Matzelinger receiving a large amount of stock in the organization 1877 BCE He moved to Lynn, ,Massachusetts, to seek work in town’s rapidly growing shoe industry. 1873 BCE Trained as a shoemarke 1852 BCE Matzeliger settled in the United States Mar 20, 1883 Matzeliger received patent number 274,207 for his machine. Aug 24, 1889 The day he died
