You might be surprised at how long it’s been since Levi’s were made in America.
May 20, 1873, marks the day that Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received their patent for riveted pants. Here are a few things you might not know about the brand that has been around for 150 years.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829 and moved to the United States with his family in 1847. His brothers ran a dry goods company in New York and Levi and his other family members set up an outpost in San Francisco during the gold rush.Jākobs Jufess, born in 1831, was a tailor of Latvian-Jewish origin. In 1854, at the age of 23, he immigrated to New York City, where he changed his name to Jacob Davis.
“My invention relates to a fastening for pocket openings, whereby the sewed seams are prevented from ripping or starting from frequent pressure or strain thereon; and it consists in the employment of a metal rivet, or eyelet at each edge of the pocket-opening, to prevent the ripping of the seam at those points.” — From Jacob Davis’ 1872 patent requestThe last factories to make Levi’s in the U.S. closed their doors in 2003.
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