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Eton collars continued to be worn after the turn of the 20th century. We see many boys wearing Eton collars with suits. We note both the standard Eton collar with pointed tios as well as collars with dounded tips. We do not yet have a good idea concerning the relative popularity of the dofferent collar styles. Or even if the rounded ti collars had a different name, These were ot rounded Peter Pan collsars, but basically Eton collars with tips that wre rounded rather than pointed. Quite a nunber of boys with Eton collrs during the 1900s are arhived on HBC. This is somewhat easier to tell in the 1900s as floppy bows were less likely to obscure the collar. We see differet neckwear, including small bow ties. Eton collars were also worn without neckwear. We note 5-year old Harold Howes wearing an Eton collar with a tunic suit in 1905. We note a younger boy, but not his older brother wearing What looks like a small Eton collar in a Texas family in 1906. Here we think there may have been differences among social classes. In a more affluebnt family, the older brother might have been more likely to wear an Eton collar. We see Charles Dorff who wears a floppy bow with his Eton collar about 1905. Soime Eton collars were stiff and stood up while other seemed more pliant and seenmed to lie down on the suit or blouse. A good example of these more pliasnt collars were wirn by two Massachusetts brothers.
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