Lewis Latimer Hats
Description: Celebrate the brilliance of Lewis Latimer with this high-contrast, professional portrait. Latimer was a visionary Black inventor and draftsman whose work was essential to the development of the carbon filament for the lightbulb and the patent drawings for the telephone. This design is perfect for engineers, history buffs, teachers, and anyone honoring the legacy of African American pioneers in STEM.
Description: Honor Lewis Latimer and his contributions to electric-light technology and technical innovation. Featuring a glowing filament, drafting tools, and a bright future city, this design is ideal for engineers, inventors, STEM students, and educators.
Lewis Latimer Illuminating New Possibilities Hat
by UrbanLifeApparel
$12 $19
Description: Educational Black History Month design celebrating Black Excellence and African American history. Features a detailed list of Black Inventors who changed the world: Alexander Miles (Elevator 1867), Thomas Marshall (Fire Extinguisher 1872), Thomas A Carrington (Stethoscope 1876), Lewis Latimer (Light Bulb 1882), Sara Boone (Ironing Board 1887), Paul L Downing (Mailbox 1891), John L Love (Pencil Sharpener 1897), Garrett Morgan (Traffic Lights 1923), Charles Drew (Blood Plasma Bag 1945), and Frederick M Jones (Air Conditioning Unit 1949). Perfect school outfit for history teachers, science students, Black History Month in February, and Back to School season.
Description: Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an American inventor and draftsman. Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1848, the youngest of four children of Rebecca Latimer (1826–1910) and George Latimer (July 4, 1818– May 29, 1896). George Latimer had been the slave of James B. Gray of Virginia. George Latimer ran away to freedom in Boston, Massachusetts, in October 1842, along with his mother Rebecca, who had been the slave of another man. When Gray, the owner, appeared in Boston to take them back to Virginia, it became a noted case in the movement for abolition of slavery, gaining the involvement of such abolitionists as William Lloyd Garrison. Eventually funds were raised to pay...
