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in 1903 at the Timberlake Wire and Novelty Company in Jackson Mississippi an employee named Albert J. Parkhouse decided that the coat hook needed a firm evolutionary advancement. He took a simple piece of wire and shaped two ovals then twisted them together. He finished the contraption with a bent hook shape at the top which enabled the hanger to be hung over a bar. This was the first known design which most closely reflects the common wire coat hanger designs of today. This revolutionary hook design when used with a hanging bar, enabled many more clothes to be stored together in one place.

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According to Chinese historical records, the earliest clothes hanger appeared in the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC -- 256 BC). The earliest users were aristocrats, who attached great importance to clothes. In order to meet this need, special shelves for hanging clothes appeared early.

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Molded plastic hangers could be easily mass produced and had curved forms that wood and wire could not provide. This 1970 patent from John H Batts shows a plastic hanger that is similar to many seen today.

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The material and form evolution of hangers in ancient China is not large, they are made of wood and carved with exquisite patterns. Modern clothes hanger is in Republic of China(not PRC) period (AD 1912 - AD 1949) was gradually replaced

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In China's Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), the use of clothes hangers was more common than in previous generations, and there were recorded appearance materials. At this time, people's living conditions became much better, and most civilians had the need to use clothes racks, so clothes racks were widely used.

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Wooden hangers didn't become widely popular until the 1960's. G. Wieckmann filed a patent for several forms of wood hangers in 1965. Made out of a sturdier and more pleasing material, these hangers lasted longer and had more visual appeal.

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The invention of the wire clothes hanger is somewhat unclear: some people attribute it to an O.A North of Connecticut in 1869, while others credit Albert J. Parkhouse, an employee of the Timberlake Wire and Novelty Company who created a similar hanger in 1903.

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Foldable clothes hanger with sheath 1960

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Caped hangers, with a paper layer on the outside are popular vehicles for advertisements. In the 90's caped hangers were also used to promote unions.

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Hangers also carry a darker association, with unsafe abortions. Wire hangers have been used as a tool to perform abortions when safe, legal options are unavailable. As a result hangers have become a symbol used by protesters fighting for the right to safe abortions, a reminder of the dangerous alternative to a clinical abortion.

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The addition of cardboard tubes, preventing hung clothes from forming wrinkles, was made by Schuyler C. Hulett in 1932.

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The fashion-conscious Victorians were the first generation who began to use rudimentary hangers and hooks to hang garments in wardrobes. Victorian women's bustles and skirts needed careful storage and hanger inventors came to their aid with all kinds of adjustable components and spring systems to allow the skirts to retain their pleats and hold the waistbands