I don't think they had all the variety of tailored lengths we do today. Back then I think you bought them long and cuffed them.
Posted on 05/26/2018 10:26:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The 125-year-old Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans, which failed to sell at auction in 2016, now have a new owner somewhere in Southeast Asia.
"It's somebody who loves old Levis," said Daniel Buck Soules...
The price puts it near record territory for old Levis. But the private sale agreement prevents Soules from disclosing the exact price or the buyer's location, he said. The buyer sent a representative to Maine to inspect the jeans before buying them on May 15, he said.
They were purchased in 1893 by Solomon Warner, a storekeeper in the Arizona Territory....
The denim was produced at a mill in New Hampshire, and the jeans were manufactured by Levi's in San Francisco.
The cotton jeans, with button fly, had a size 44 waist and 36-inch inseam...
They'd been stored for decades in a trunk and were in pristine condition because Warner wore them only a few times before falling ill...
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More money than sense. Probably in the genes.
Hahaha!!!!
I crack me up.
Those things are really games. Need an extra Tide laundry pod.
Getting Levis is always a straussful experience.
They’re still tough after 125 years?
Then again, Levis were primarily for guys on the frontier and working in the mines.
Best American invention.
“Cords” were de rigueur when I was in junior high and high school. They were even more popular than jeans. Dark brown was a popular color, but I preferred the pale khaki and light blue. Corduroy — fabric of royalty.
Corduroy — fabric of royalty.
:)
Definitely in the Big & Tall category back in 1893.
I’ve always worn 501 button fly...
Sorta like my personal Time Machine!
Zippers have Always frightened Me.
they might be worth some money- serious money- might wanna get an estimate done
I’m wearing a pair that I’ve kept patched and going for about 20 years. Bet they’re worth that least 50 cents.
I thought this was from friends of mine!
They own a pair from this era, but the pair was not in pristine condition!
I don't think they had all the variety of tailored lengths we do today. Back then I think you bought them long and cuffed them.
When I was a kid growing up in the 50s nad 60s, just about every guy wore blue jeans.
We called them all Levis tho thinking back, probably more of us wore Wranglers. They were of equal quality and sold for a bit less.
I forgot, Lee brand was also popular.
Did you diarrhea’s hereditary? Yep, it runs in your jeans!
I know a guy whose little boy (five, maybe) had to go to the hospital to get extricated from a really bad zipper incident.
Cheryl (howling with laughter): Stop it, you're killing me!!
Jerry: He never heard of corduroy! True story, true story.
Dream sequence ends.
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