Figure 1.--This unidentified little boy looks to be about 5-years of age. He wearsunic suit with what looks like a detachavle Eton collar and floyy bow. We are not sure what color the tunic is, but there is a contrating white leather belt. We are not sure as to the type of tunic. We think that this may have been seen as a Buster suit. The tunic style and the cabinet card mount style suggest that the portrait was taken about 1905. The photographer was Dean's Studio of Harrisonburg, Virginia.

A variety of collars were worn with tunic suits. The tunics themslves for the most part were dome without collars. The primary exception was the sailor tunics that were done with saoilor collars. Some tunics were other worn without collars or with minimal collars. This was a comfortable style, but we also notice other more formal styles. Many mothers did not think children's outfits looked right without large formal collars. And as the tunics were done withut collars, mothers werecfree to and whatever collar they so desired. Other were worn with pin-on or detachable collars. Some of these could be quite large. They were often white, contrasting with colored tunics, alkthough there were whote tunics as well. We note lace collars, broad white collars, Eron collsrs, and various other styles. The Eton collars were fairly standard, although they varied in size. The other collars were much more varied. The differet sytles and sizes were virtually endless.

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