As 1906 ends this campaign of these single column mini ads gives way to a more varied group of large and small ads of different designs in 1907.
Litholin Collar Ads from 1906
Tag Archives: Celluloid Collars
Parsons & Parsons Co. Celluloid Collar Pamphlets, Probably 1926 or later
I recently purchased these pamphlets showing celluloid collars. They show the available collar brand varieties of the Parsons & Parsons Company’s three sub-brands in a given year. I have been hunting through Newspapers.com trying to work out the year of these pamphlets. I have tentatively described them as post 1926 since I own one of the collars, a Par Brand, Amherst collar which has a 1926 patent date on it.
1926 Celluloid, Parsons and Parsons, Par Brand, Amherst Collar
Celluloid collars provided a low maintenance, waterproof, alternative to starched linen collars, and were stronger than paper ones. Their high point seems to have been in the 1880s when they were new, but they still regularly sold through the 1920s. Celluloid collars are given to cracking, especially after they age, so this one can’t be flattened and scanned for a pattern. However, you can use a bleach bottle and a pattern from a linen collar to make a replica that is stronger than celluloid, washable, and cheap.
Students from the DVC Beginning Costume Design Class Sp2018 make plastic collars using bleach bottles:
