Charles B. Brooks, the inventor, seems to have been born in Virginia in March 1865. He moved to Newark NJ in the late 1880s, married a woman named Addie, and remained in the Newark area throughout the 1890s. It was in Newark that Brooks patented several of his inventions.
He died around the 1950's.
canes were sent to him by many people
The continued use of the code duello among Southern gentlemen
When Charles Sumner (Georgia) beat George Brooks (Massachusetts) on the floor of the U.S. Senate with a silver tipped cane. The fight sparked the swelling animosity between the North and the South.
Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (RMA) is beaten nearly to death on floor of Senate by U.S. Rep. Preston Brooks (D-SC),
The address of the Charles B. Phillips Public Library District is: 6 North Jackson Street, Newark, 60541 0156
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New Jersey
when was his inventions born
He wanted to see improvement the way Newark was cleaned
Charles Brooks - cartoonist - died in 2011.
Charles Brooks Smith was born in 1844.
Charles Brooks Smith died in 1899.
Charles Timothy Brooks was born in 1813.
Charles Timothy Brooks died in 1883.
Charles Brooks - cartoonist - was born in 1920.
Charles B. Brooks is the person who invented the street sweeper in1896.He was patented on march 17,1896. His truck had revolving brushes attached to the front fender and the brushes were interchangeable with scrapers that could be used in winter for snow removal. Charles Brooks also designed an improved refuse receptacle for storing the collected garbage and litter and a wheel drive for the automatic turning of the brushes and for powering a lifting mechanism for the scrapers.