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In 1853, Levi Strauss travelled to San Francisco from

New York. His brothers ran a business there selling pillows, blankets and

clothes and Levi went to help them. He worked 4 ______  and the business

grew.

One day in 1872, Levi got a letter from Jacob Davis

who made men’s clothes. In the letter Jacob 5 ______  Levi about a

difficult customer. He kept 6 ______  tearing the pockets

of his trousers. Jacob had found an answer – he had added some metal buttons to

the corners of the pockets. Levi recognized the business opportunity 7 ______  the two men started

working together. They decided to make some trousers out of denim, a special

material. The first pair of denim blue jeans was produced in 1873.

long

strong

heavy

hard