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Chester Greenwood
Chester Greenwood was born in Farmington, Maine in 1858. A grammar school dropout, he invented earmuffs at the age of 15 (1873). While testing a new pair of ice skates, he grew frustrated at trying to protect his ears from the bitter cold. After wrapping his head in a scarf, which was too bulky and itchy, he made two ear-shaped loops from wire and asked his grandmother to sew fur on them. He patented an improved model with a steel band which held them in place and with Greenwood's Champion Ear Protectors, he established Greenwood's Ear Protector Factory. He made a fortune supplying Ear Protectors to U.S. soldiers during World War I. He went on to patent more many other inventions. In 1977, Maine's legislature declared December 21 "Chester Greenwood Day" to honor a native son and his contribution to cold weather protection.
Farmington Maine is now the Earmuff Capital of the World. There is a parade that celebrates Chester's birthday the first Saturday in December, with local police cruisers in the parade decorated as giant earmuffs.
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Chester Greenwood was born on December 4th, 1858, in Farmington, Maine, and he lived there all his life. He grew up on a farm with his three brothers and two sisters. His family had deep roots in Maine.
In 1884 he married Sarah Whittier, also of Farmington, and they had four children. Mrs. Greenwood, who went by her middle name, Isabel, was very active in the women's suffrage movement. She and Chester abstained from alcohol and unhealthy foods, and supported the Prohibition movement. She outlived her husband, and died in 1958 at the age of 96.
Click on the image below to read a very informative article about Isabel from the Morning Sentinel of Waterville, Maine, from December 21, 1985,
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Chester Greenwood
American inventor (1858–1937)
Chester Greenwood | |
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| Born | Chester Greenwood (1858-12-04)December 4, 1858 Farmington, Maine |
| Died | July 5, 1937(1937-07-05) (aged 78) Farmington, Maine |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Public Farmington, ME schools and Wilton, ME Academy |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Spouse | Sarah Isabel (Whittier) Greenwood |
| Children | Lester Clyde Greenwood, Donald Whittier Greenwood, Vodisa Emilie (Greenwood) Magoon, Clinton Whittier Greenwood |
| Parent(s) | Zina Hyde Greenwood (father), and Emily Merrill (Fellows) Greenwood (mother) |
| Engineering career | |
| Projects | Earmuffs |
Chester Greenwood (December 4, 1858 – July 5, 1937) was an American engineer and inventor, known for inventing the earmuffs in 1873.[1] He reportedly came up with the idea while ice skating and he asked his grandmother to sew tufts of fur between loops of wire.[2] His patent was for improved ear protectors. He manufactured these ear protectors, providing jobs for people in the Farmington area for nearly 60 years.[1&