Durable and enduring, blue jeans turn 150

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Updated May 23, 2023

Jessica Green

Pedestrians pass the Levi's store in in New York's Times Square. An immigrant and tailor named Jacob Davis teamed up with dry goods merchant Levi Strauss to patent the first riveted blue jeans in 1873. (AP)

This article was originally published on May 21, 2023.

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