German Embassy Washington - German businessman Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis patented their blue jeans in San Francisco #OnThisDay in 1873. The new design improved "fastening pocket-openings" by adding "metal rivets
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The picture shows the front of one of 500 existing copies of the oldest Levis-Jeans 'Nevada-Jeans' at 'Levi Strauss Museum' in Buttenheim, Germany, 07 May 2007. The 501 original model is located
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The label of a Levi's denim jacket of U.S. company Levi Strauss is photographed at a denim store in Frankfurt, Germany, March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Stock Photo - Alamy
The Metagame - At 18, Levi Strauss came to the U.S. from Germany along with his mother and sisters to join his brothers, who lived in New York. Strauss set up a
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Munich, Germany : Levi's store, Munich. Founded in 1853, Levi Strauss is an American clothing company known worldwide for its brand of denim jeans Stock Photo - Alamy
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