http://www.missionmission.org/2009/03/02/remembering-ben-davis/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 http://www.missionmission.org/2009/03/02/remembering-ben-davis/#comment-4767 C. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:20:30 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=3073#comment-4767 R.I.P., Ben.
The Davis family is responsible for most of the fashion keepin’-it-real in S.F.: basically, Ben’s grandfather Jacob, an immigrant from Riga, Latvia in the 1800s, invented Levi’s (rivets and all), and made them for Mr. Strauss. The Ben’s workshirt/Levi’s jeans combo is an emblem of an historic S.F. family relationship.
Svieks, Ben and Jacob.

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