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Waterproof Collars -- about 1885

Victorian Trade Card,

printed by Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, New York

 

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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The detachable shirt collar was invented in 1827 by a housewife in Troy, New York named Hannah Lord Montague. Detachable collars could be made of linen, cotton, paper or fabric laminated to paper. After 1870, collars were made of celluloid. It is naturally transparent and flexible, however celluloid is very flammable and burns at 150 degrees F.

--Barbara Schock

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Uploaded on February 5, 2024
Taken circa 1885