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Keeping trousers elevated
Patented on November 10, 1868, Wendell Wright’s new and improved “suspender fastening” avoided buttons, and by using  clamps instead, Wright claimed that “both the pants and the  drawers may be properly held in an elevated state on the wearer.”
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Keeping trousers elevated

Patented on November 10, 1868, Wendell Wright’s new and improved “suspender fastening” avoided buttons, and by using clamps instead, Wright claimed that “both the pants and the drawers may be properly held in an elevated state on the wearer.”

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