The History of the Clothes & Coat Hanger
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By Michael Wernicke You probably rarely give it much thought, however did you realise there is hardly a product you use as much as your clothes hangers. Most of us use them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For many they lovingly support our clothing investment - often hundreds and thousands of dollars’ worth - some of our most prized possessions. Socially speaking this invention has given us the ability to evolve in today's consumerist society - enabling us to buy more precious clothing from our fashion conscious cities and storing them in our over crowded dwelling spaces. So have you ever stopped to consider where the clothes hanger originally came from? Who originally invented this humble little device? What year was it invented? Whilst some historians believe that the third President of the United States, Thomas
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The History of the Clothes & Coat Hanger