- Collection:
- Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland
- Title:
- Morgan, Garrett A.: 1954
- Contributor to Resource:
- Cole, Joseph E.
- Date of Original:
- 1954
- Subject:
- African Americans
Political activists
Civil rights
Cleveland (Ohio) - People:
- Morgan, Garrett A., 1877-1963
- Location:
- United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 41.4995, -81.69541
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Seeks Pension for Crib Rescue. Thirty-eight years ago this week Garrett A. Morgan risked his life to rescue workmen trapped in the disasterous explosion at the waterworks crib. Now 77, ailing, and nearly blind, Morgan has renewed his efforts to obtain some pension for his rescue efforts. Morgan, who invented one of the first gas masks, went down into the crib three times, rescued six men. He received a diamond-studded medal for his efforts. Morgan and his wife live at 5202 Harlem Ave.-- Photo verso.
Business -- African Americans -- Business people -- Inventors -- Inventions
Businessman Inventor. - Metadata URL:
- http://clevelandmemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/afro/id/722
- IIIF manifest:
- https://clevelandmemory.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/afro:722/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/
- Extent:
- 7 x 9 in.
- Original Collection:
- Cleveland Press, July 22, 1954.
Black Trailblazers, Leaders, Activists, and Intellectuals in Cleveland
Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Cleveland Press - Contributing Institution:
- Michael Schwartz Library
- Rights:
-
Morgan, Garrett A.: 1954
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