Figure 1.--We note from the photograhic record that many boys wore detachable collars in the late-19th and early-20th century. We also see some girls wearing them like the German girl here. What we can not tell from the photographs is the material used for the collars. Unfortunatey we can't see just what outfits they are wearing. Notice the girl' large hair bow. The portrait is undated, but looks to us that it was taken about 1910.

Detachabe collars were commonly worn by both men and boys. They aremostly associated with makes. They were not, howver, an exclusively nle garment. We see quite a number of girls and young women wearing them. They were not as commoly worn by females, but they were worn. Mostly e see girls anf young women waring them. They were unusal for middle-aged and elderly women. As with boys, there were quite a number of different styles. We do not know if there were any special conventions associated with girls wearing detachable collars. Like boys they were worn both with and without bows and other neckwear.

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