This Week In California History - May 20, 1873 Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the process of putting rivets in pants for strength. They called their pants “waist overalls” which they
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Norm Kelly on Twitter: "On this day in 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patented the first jeans with copper rivets. The blue jeans were born. https://t.co/fwuih2rqAm" / Twitter
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Possibly the Oldest Pair of Levi's Jeans, Salvaged From an 1857 Shipwreck, Just Auctioned for a Deep-Pocketed $114,000
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