Woman's white lace collar, ca. 1900
Item 49074 info
Maine Historical Society
John Martin of Bangor, who kept detailed journals, wrote in 1849, "Their first collars were turn down all uniform but a stand up dickey came in fashion and they made their debut on them at the Town house Hampden which has been in fashion to this day & I have one of them on now while writing this description."
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