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28/03/2026

Powell Johnson, an African American inventor from Alabama, patented an early “eye-protector” on November 2, 1880 (Patent #234,039). Designed for industrial workers like firemen and furnace-men, these glasses used two frames with semi-opaque cloth disks to reduce glare and protect against heat, pioneering modern protective eyewear

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