Historical information

These collars were worn by Mr Whiteman, Marjorie Burton's father, until he died in 1972. Marjorie Burton ( nee Whiteman), born 12 June, in Birmingham, England came to Orbost in 1995. She came from a middle-class working church-going family. Her father served in Civil Defence during WW11.
A detachable collar was a shirt collar separate from the shirt, fastened to it by buttons. The collar was usually made of a different fabric from the shirt and was almost always white and specially starched to a hard cardboard-like consistency. detachable collars were a better way to clean and starch a collar for business or formal wear.

Significance

As more emphasis started to be placed on comfort in clothing wearing a detachable stiffly starched collar decline in day wear; although it is still often worn by barristers while a full dress shirt may still have a stiff detachable collar.
These collars are examples of clothing which was commonly worn by businessmen in the first half of the 20th century.

Physical description

Four men's starched cotton shirt collars. They each have 3 button holes for attaching to a shirt. Two are white with grey stripes and two are plain white.

Inscriptions & markings

2483.24 and 2483.25 - Trubenised reg trade mark Reg user
Do not starch Iron very damp 129
4128 15
2483.26 - Patented and made in England
Woven from Egyptian cotton
476035 SECONDS Van Heusen 15/38
2483.27 - Trubenised
Patent registered
No starch needed 15
Iron very damp