Washtenaw County Historical Society - Albert Parkhouse The coat hanger was invented in response to a lack of coat hooks in an office building in Jackson, Michigan in 1903. Albert J. Parkhouse
Ella Sharp Museum - May is national inventors month. Did you know the clothing hanger was invented in Jackson, MI? In 1903 Albert Parkhouse, foreman of the Timberlake Wire and Novelty Company
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