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Neustadter Bros. Standard Brand Brown Canvas Wool-Lined Pants c1875-80 [186633]

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Neustadter Bros. Standard Brand Brown Canvas Wool-Lined Pants c1875-80 [186633]
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Standard Brand brown canvas pants by Neustadter Bros. Very similar to 186632 with the same size, but a slightly different model with brown wool lining. Metal buttons embossed "Standard Pants." Extensive repairs, also has chevrons sewn at pockets. The company was reportedly Levi Strauss' major competitor after 1872, though this may have been no more than newspaper braggadocio.
Neustadter began the Standard brad goods about 1875. His advertisements featured shirts, but the use of the term "Standard" for overalls was clearly a great marketing slogan and would have been used by the company for any Neustadter product during the years after its first use.
The Neustadter brothers were a gold Rush invention. But by 1868, both of the original brothers had sold out. Two younger brothers took over with a third partner. In 1882, Neustadter and Greenebaum were reportedly the two largest men's clothing manufacturers, according to Harris, in Jeans of the Old West, A History, 2010. At some point, the company created the brand "Boss of the Road" overalls.
This pair was found used as insulation in a house in Hailey, Idaho built in 1884, and came along with some newspapers used to seal the wood joints in the attic. The papers are also dated 1884. The pants exhibit wear in the manner of a miner, which makes sense because of the Wood river and other mining districts nearby.