I see a clothes rack behind Beck with clothes on it.
1st ‘Levi’ was made by Cone Mills (Herman Kahn). corporation. Thrived during the Civil War.
Sons opened shop in NC.
In 1859s, company started selling some of the land. Self-contained towns & villages.
There is now only one factory and a couple hundred employees.
Patterns are old.
Same loom will create the 1971 selvage denim.