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1. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › levi-strauss-and-jacob-davis-receiveLevi Strauss and Jacob Davis Patent Blue Jeans - HISTORY

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   Nov 24, 2009 · On May 20, 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of...

2. www.historyofjeans.com › jeans-inventor › jacob-w-davisJacob W. Davis - His Life and Invention - History of Jeans

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   Jacob W. Davis was a tailor who invented pants reinforcement with copper rivets. He was born in 1831 in Riga, Latvia where he trained and worked as a tailor. In 1854 he immigrated to the United States and opened a tailor shop in New York.

3. medium.com › @facesofhistorychannel › jacob-davis-the-american-dream-of-the-fatherJacob Davis: the American Dream of the Father of Blue Jeans

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   Nov 12, 2023 · Jacob Davis: the American Dream of the Father of Blue Jeans | by Historical Figures | Medium. Member-only story. Jacob Davis: the American Dream of the Father of Blue Jeans. The European...

4. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institution › the-origin-of-blue-jeans-89612175The Origin of Blue Jeans - Smithsonian Magazine

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   Sep 26, 2011 · It all started in 1871, when tailor Jacob Davis of Reno, Nevada, had a problem. The pants he was making for miners weren’t tough enough to stand up to the conditions in local mines; among other...

5. louisianacountrymusic.com › artists › jacob-davisJacob Davis - Louisiana Country Music

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   Jacob Davis. , from Shreveport, Louisiana. The musical influences that sound tracked Jacob Davis’ upbringing in Shreveport, Louisiana are essential to the creation of his sound.

6. www.levi.com › US › en_USA RIVETING STORY - Levi's

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   Jacob William Davis, known as “J.W,”—a tailor and would-be inventor from Riga, Latvia working in Reno, Nevada and specializing in making tents and wagon covers—had the idea of placing rivets on work pants at these points of strain (yes, even the crotch).

7. www.levistrauss.com › wp-content › uploadsJACOB DAVIS: HIS LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS - Levi Strauss & Co

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   In 1858 he left California for western Canada (likely Cariboo and Victoria, British Columbia), where he lived for nine years. He married Annie (Parksher/Packscher) from Germany, in 1865. They had six children. Davis returned to San Francisco from Victoria, B.C. in January of 1867.