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__Levi Strauss__ __How it started:__
 * Levi Strauss was born in Germany on February, 26, 1829
 * He moved to New York When he was 16, Because both of his parents died.
 * Later he herd about the California Gold Rush so he moved to California
 * He started making "Waist Overalls" or "work pants" in 1873 for people in the mines.
 * After he made these pants Farmers and Miners were the people who mostly would wear them.
 * In 1863 He named his company "Levi Strauss & Co"

__How it Ended:__
 * Levi Strauss died on September, 27, 1902 in San Francisco, California.
 * Levi Strauss died one morning when he felt ill After Levi Strauss died he left his company to his two nephews, and one passed it on to his son-in-law, Walter Haas Sr
 * Levi Jeans are still made today, and you can buy them around the world.

__Invention:__ __Education:__
 * Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis made the blue jeans in 1873.
 * Blue Jeans back in the 1870's were called "Waist Overalls"
 * Levi made the jeans so he could have something better to wear to work.
 * People in the California gold rush mostly wore them, so did Cowboys, and Farmers.
 * Levi was offered 28 Scholarships in 1897 by the University of California.

__Family:__
 * He was the youngest of 6 children 2 were step brother's or sister's
 * He was from a jewish family
 * He migrated to USA because both of his brothers lived in New York at the time.
 * They lived in Buttenheim, Bavaria Germany.

__Other Jobs:__
 * He was a charter member and tresurer of the San Fransisco board of trade
 * Worked for Nevada bank, the Liverpool, London and Globe insurance co.
 * San Francisco gas and electric company.
 * He also went to college.

__Interesting Facts:__


 * They were the most popular item in the USA at one point.
 * Jeans were made so that workers could have clothing that wouldn't be as easy to tear and get messed up when they were working. So they came up with a more reliable and sturdy fabric and named them jeans.
 * The first pair of Levi’s cost only $1.25 in 1880


 * Levi had originally 16 factories, then as time progressed to 63 all around the world.
 * There was stations all over the world, and there was 10,500 workers in all.


 * He never stoped making the jeans, he made them till his death. He became a major philanthropist in California.

*Pilanthropist- is someone of great wealth that gives some of there earnings to causes and people in need.

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