Figure 1.--This is an early CDV portrait of a boy taken by S. C. Landon from New Milford, Connecticut. The U.S, Federal Revenue stamp on the back tells it was taken during 1864-66, one of many steps to finance the Civil War. Put your cursor on the image to see the back.

We note a few portraits of American boys wearing scalloped collars. Thus we do not yet know much about tem. Collars at the mid-19th century tended to be very small and difficult to see. Collars were still generally small in the 1860s, but we see a few some larger collars. And s few were scalloped collars in the 1860s. They were made rather like Peter Pan collars, only with scalloped edges. They do not seem to have been a major style, We note very large collars in the late-19th century. Some may have had calloped edges, but this would seem to be be a minor part of the popular fancy collars. We note some in the early 20th century, but after World war I mostly very young pre-school boy wearing blouses for formal occassions. Our limited archive of these collars makes it difficult to assess the style in detail. This relative also scarity is also an indicator that they were not very common.

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