Sep 21, 2013

Images from the 'Collar City'









Troy, which still bears the nickname "Collar City" despite the absence of shirt manufacturing, once was the national leader in making removable collars for men's shirts. In this portion of a stereoscopic slide, workers are folding and ironing linen collars.

Below is a typical print advertisement for their work, this one for Arrow shirts and collars.



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