![WorldStrides on Twitter: "On May 20, 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for blue jeans. http://t.co/kBgYaYIuqs" / Twitter WorldStrides on Twitter: "On May 20, 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for blue jeans. http://t.co/kBgYaYIuqs" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFd_TkSUIAAyOvY.jpg)
WorldStrides on Twitter: "On May 20, 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a patent for blue jeans. http://t.co/kBgYaYIuqs" / 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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Cache of 19th-Century Blue Jeans Discovered in Abandoned Arizona Mineshaft | History| Smithsonian Magazine
![This Day in History 05/20/1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent the first blue jeans with copper rivets : r/MastersOfTheUniverse This Day in History 05/20/1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent the first blue jeans with copper rivets : r/MastersOfTheUniverse](https://preview.redd.it/this-day-in-history-05-20-1873-levi-strauss-and-jacob-davis-v0-kfxnhz19621b1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=eb23f20b0db1bff8baa80fcb47003568c0f33098)
This Day in History 05/20/1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent the first blue jeans with copper rivets : r/MastersOfTheUniverse
![AM on Twitter: "#TodayInHistory 1873 –Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets #pauhenry http://t.co/LfPTEgqEYS" / Twitter AM on Twitter: "#TodayInHistory 1873 –Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets #pauhenry http://t.co/LfPTEgqEYS" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFaPLfvW0AEdcw4.png)
AM on Twitter: "#TodayInHistory 1873 –Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets #pauhenry http://t.co/LfPTEgqEYS" / Twitter
![Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: May 20: In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a patent on the Blue Jeans with copper rivets in terminal pockets to make them strong Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: May 20: In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a patent on the Blue Jeans with copper rivets in terminal pockets to make them strong](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6d8DdKX9hB8/VSpvxCd3-ZI/AAAAAAAAHVE/zamEhiXbj9M/s1600/FIVE%2BMINERS%2BWITH%2BLEVI%2BJEANS.jpg)
Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: May 20: In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a patent on the Blue Jeans with copper rivets in terminal pockets to make them strong
![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 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](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdqGwBLU8AAoCbM.jpg)