Born in the USA, but gone for years

Levi's store, Chrysler building and Jimi Hendrix's Fender Stratocaster © 1. Ben Margot/AP; 2. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images; 3. Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis

It's the kind of summer moment that makes you happy to be an American: You've just cracked open a Miller beer, wiped your hands on your Levi's 501s and broken out the good old Rawlings baseball for a few rounds of catch, and all seems right with the world.

But what's wrong with this picture? Other than a suspicion that you may have traveled back to 1951, what's amiss is that the brands in question -- yes, even that baseball -- are actually foreign-made. Minyanville takes a look at 10 iconic brands that are as American as Dutch apple pie.

Continued: Ben & Jerry's

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Published Sept. 25, 2009

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