A bio on lc bailey

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to this Leonard C Bailey

According to the Twentieth Century Union League Directory, of D.C. 1901 Edition: He was a Successful African American inventor and Businessman he received a patent for the Soldier's folding bed on July 18, 1899. He was Christian gentleman beginning as a Professional Barber; He owned and operated 3 Barber Shops in The District of Columbia

One of his patented inventions is a truss which has been highly recommended by the U. S. Army Medical Board.

A Soldier's folding bed for tent and camp purposes.

A Device for automatically shunting moving railway trains

A Device for rapidly stamping mail

Was a director of the Industrial Building and Savings Company in D.C..

Was a Board member of the Berean Baptist Church in D.C..

A director of the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, located at Manassas, Va.

He was a MEMBER of the famous " Millie Gaines Jury," notable as

The FIRST MIXED JURY in the District of Columbia.

He was a prominent MASON. According to the Twentieth Century Union League Directory, he was not only an inventor, but also treasurer of the Capital Savings Bank, a Black bank of the late 19th century. Bailey was also a board of directors for the Industrial Building and Savings Company.

L.C. bailey has invented many things to improve our world not to mention he was a black inventor who helped crush the wall of white supremacy. One of his most famous inventions was the folding bed in 1899

Leonard Bailey (1825-05-08 in Hollis, New Hampshire - 1905-02-05 in New York City) was a toolmaker/inventor from Massachusetts, USA, who in the mid-to-late nineteenth century patented several features of woodworking equipment. Most prominent of those patents were the planes manufactured by the Stanley Rule & Level Co. (now Stanley Works) of New Britain, Connecticut.[1]

Commonly known as Stanley/Bailey planes, these planes were prized by woodworkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and remain popular by today's wood craftsman. A type study of his patented planes and the rest of the Stanley line may be found at Patrick Leach's "Blood and Gore".[2]

Bailey's design ideas are still utilized by Stanley and other plane manufacturers day.