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chucksvintage

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  1. There may have been some examples of Jacob Davis's first riveted duck products at the company but Levi's lost everything in the 1906 earthquake and fire. The XX was only in denim. Duck products were probably cheaper, but there are no pricing records from that time because of the fire.

  2. That is Stacey. She is a permented fixiture here at Chucks.And yes she pretty.

    It's true that the first riveted pants Jacob Davis made were of white duck. But that was when he was just working as a tailor in Reno. After he and Levi Strauss got the patent on May 20, 1873 - and after Davis moved to San Francisco to work with Levi - the pants were made of blue denim and brown duck. The side pocket style was also made of denim but came later. The "XX" is the first jean and that is the first 501. This jean didn't get its number 501 until 1890, but it was the same product.You can always email Lynn Downey with historical questions at [email protected]

  3. So I am not sure how many of you are familiar with a book called Denim Legends. But I have to post about it.For starters they got the History all wrong. Levi Strauss did not only produce clothing for " golddiggers and miners" he produced clothing for all men who came out to the west to make there stay more comfortable. when he made the first jeans in 1873. Before then he just wholesaled dry goods.. . And second the first pair of Levis was not made out of "tarpaulin material" it was made out of denim. That story got started over 60 years ago because Levi's lost their records in the 1906 earthquake.If they contacted Lynn Downey they would have know that. And belt loops were not added untill 1922 and the fifth pocket was not added untill 1901. The part about how the first pair was 22 cents. How would anybody know how much they cost considering that all info burned in the San Francisco fire. The part about all levis being cone denim is false The first mill they used was Amoskeag in New Hampshire. All 501 levis were cone denim untill the 80's. Then the part about how " Natural indigo being hardly used by 1913 natural indigo was used up untill the 1920's. The last 501 Redline was between 1983 and 86. I am not trying to sound like a know it all but I really think that a $975 book should have been alittle more acurate. I know Lynn Downey to be very helpful and If anybody would have just ask her about Levis history it would be correct. Books are for learning and you really cant learn from false information.

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