Whitcomb L. Judson He ultimately never saw much success in the "clasp-locker" as a fashion item during his lifetime. Judson made a "C-curity" clasp-locker fastener in 1905 which was an improved version of his previous patents. It tended to break open unexpectedly like the predecessors. Clothing manufacturers showed little interest in Judson's fastener perhaps because of this reason. An improved version of 1896 came with Judson made his invention to save people the trouble of buttoning and unbuttoning their shoes every day as shows in his wording in the patent application. He describes this in his patent U.S.P. 557,207 In 1913 the zipper
Alice Judson Alice Judson Alice Judson (1876–1948) was an American painter who specialized in landscapes of Dutchess County and seascapes of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Judson was born in Beacon, New York. She, along with her follow artist Carolyn Mase studied with impressionist landscape painter John Henry Twachtman at the Art Students League of New York. Judson also made multiple trips to Europe, mainly Paris, in the early 20th century to continue her studies. Judson’s painting career flourished in the 1920s and 1930s. She was also an instructor at the Pittsburgh School of Art. She had a studio in Beacon, New York, and for