Blue Jeans, loved by cowboys since 1873

[McCandless]

https://youtu.be/h4QKDeyZE0s

[Yellowhouse Sam # 25171]

I could be wrong but don't think blue denims were all that popular with cowboys until maybe the 1920's. Miners, teamsters, woodchoppers, and such yes.

[Boon Doggle]

Somebody needs to tell that boy how to pronounce "Mojave".

 

Hint: It ain't Mohoovee.

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172]

Sam is correct. Wool pants were the choice of cattlemen until later

and miners, and others wore cotton twill. A man wore a vest or coat also.

 

So many urban legends in our society.

[Utah Bob #35998]

Wool wears better than cotton so it was the popular choice for cattlemen until the 20th century. Farmers, miners and such wore blue jeans.

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172]

A lot of them wore bib overalls.

[Subdeacon Joe]

Note that the old pair found in the mine have a high waist, no belt loops, buttons for suspenders, and an adjustment in the back.

They looked to be in amazing condition. Wonder what, if anything, was in the pockets.

[Neuse Rivers]

Wow. Neat

 

By the way, "Denim" and "Jean" were different fabrics. Denim was heavier, Jean was finer...

 

"Due to its superior strength and washability, denim serviced the laboring set—pants made of denim were called waist overalls, or just overalls. Jean being finer, but still durable, was used to make topcoats, jackets and vests—in addition to tailored trousers for workers not engaged in manual labor."

 

http://myhistoryfix.com/fashion/blue-jeans/

[Trailrider #896]

Regardless, I'd bet, if I could afford them, there wouldn't be any large enough to fit most of us! Folks were smaller back then, for the most part.

[Sedalia Dave]

A lot of them wore bib overalls.

The bib overall that you see today were unheard of until well after 1900.

 

I did a lot a research into this back when I was first thinking about getting into CAS.

[Sedalia Dave]

I could be wrong but don't think blue denims were all that popular with cowboys until maybe the 1920's. Miners, teamsters, woodchoppers, and such yes.

All the research I have done supports this as well.

[McCandless]

A pair of 123 yr old pristine Levis is going up for auction soon...

 

Probably go for more than $19.99

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/technical-glitches-delay-auction-123-year-old-blue-jeans-article-1.2860876

[Alpo]

That boy needs acting school or public speaking school, or SOMETHING. Just throwing out random pauses in his sentences. Hard as all get out to listen to.

[Seldom Seen #16162]

First of all they were not called COWBOYS.

 

COWBOY was considered to be a insult. A working hand considered himself to be a Livestock Man or Cattleman.

 

Next a working Livestock Man did not wear Granger pants.

 

Just two examples of how little CAS actually represents the pre-1900 Old West.

[Rye Miles #13621]

I know one thing about jeans………..TEX don't like 'em!!!

[Pat Riot]

Here's a link about jeans, trousers, overalls, what have you.

https://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/history-of-blue-jeans-zmaz90jazshe

 

This link has a lot of info. Check out the tabs at the top of the main page:

http://www.historyofjeans.com/

 

Levi Strauss got the patent for the riveted seems in 1873. He had been making "trousers" from 1860 on.

[Tascosa, SASS# 24838]

Outside of his mispronouncing "Mojave" I wasn't impressed with him. He should have done a little more research.