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Q: How was Levi Strauss treated when he arrived to the US?
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When did Levi Strauss come to the US from Germany?

1847


How did the jeans Levi Strauss invented affected the us?

they did not


Who are some famous us immigrant inventors?

Levi Strauss (he invented Levi Jeans


Who elses name bare the Levi trademark?

There are nearly 60 trademarks including the name Levi in the US alone, ranging from Levi Garrett chewing tobacco to Levi Morgan archery equipment. Only about half of the marks are registered to Levi Strauss.


How did Levi Strauss come to America?

At he age of 18 he moved to the US with his mother and two sisters. That was in 1947, and travel by ship was the ONLY way to come to the US from Germany.


How were the Chinese treated when they arrived to the us?

very very very badly


How many blue jeans sold in US each year?

There are somewhere around 500 million pairs of jeans sold in the United States each year. One of the best known brands of jeans in the US is Levi's. Levi Strauss and Co. , was founded in 1853.


How many Levi's stores in us?

There are 200 Levi outlet stores in the US.


What were some of Levi Strauss hobbies?

apparently he liked to help people and probably liked to establish dry-goods businesses cause he made one himself. he probably also liked to create things


Who made denim jeans and why?

The denim fabric originated in Genoa, Italy and was used for sails because it was so sturdy. It was then used for clothing for peasants because the material was so durable. Sailors exported denim pants throughout Europe. Denim arrived in the US near the end of the 18th century. Levi Strauss sold denim in California in the 1850's. Jacob Davis, a tailor, came up with the idea to use rivets to reinforce points of stress to make the pants he made our of denim last longer. Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss obtained the patent for "Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings," on May 20, 1873 and began to sell "waist overalls", a work pant which later became known as "blue jeans".


What is the biggest jean company in US?

Levi


What are the words to old Levi Strauss jeans commercial there's a legend in the land as many of us know its a legend that started back in 1850 they made them out of canvas?

There's a legend in the land, many of us know, a legend that began back in (1850)eighteen five oh, bout a guy who went west who was 20 years old, made a pair of pants for a dude digging gold, used the best of cotton, sewed double stitched seams, put rivets in the pockets and called them blue jeans. Word of what he'd done spread quick from house to house, cause the diggers kind of dug our boys levis' strauss. Today you get Strauss in many different styles, mister Strauss smiles, legendary smiles, long long ago when the legend began, the legend that began because Levi is the man who put rivets in the pockets sewed double stitch seams, made them out of cotton and called them blue jeans. Levi's, a legend..... yeah. Savage