USCIS on X: "#OTD in 1873 German-born American Levi Strauss & Latvian-born American Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent for “Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings.” In other words, work pants made with copper
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On this day in 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were granted the patent on metal riveted jeans | Azerbaijan Days
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