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Collar

Object number2021.27.8 a-l

Manufacturer Cluett, Peabody and Company

Date1911-2020

OriginTroy, NY

MediumPaperboard; Paper; Adhesive; Ink; Linen

Credit LineGift of Alan Wein

DescriptionYellow paperboard box containing tissue inserts, four detachable Arrow Tuxara collars (size 17 1/2), and four detachable First Nighter collars (size 15 3/4). The collars are off-white starched linen with downturned front top corners. The collars each have one buttonhole on each front bottom corner and one at back center. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a-b together): 3.063 x 6.5 x 7.25 in. (7.8 x 16.5 x 18.4 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (a): 3.063 x 6.438 x 7.125 in. (7.8 x 16.4 x 18.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 1.25 x 6.5 x 7.25 in. (3.2 x 16.5 x 18.4 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (c): 21.875 x 6.75 x 0.031 in. (55.6 x 17.1 x 0.1 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (d): 20.875 x 5.75 x 0.031 in. (53 x 14.6 x 0.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (e): 1.75 x 6.125 x 7 in. (4.4 x 15.6 x 17.8 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (f): 1.75 x 6 x 7.125 in. (4.4 x 15.2 x 18.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (g): 1.75 x 5.938 x 7 in. (4.4 x 15.1 x 17.8 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (h): 1.875 x 5.625 x 6.875 in. (4.8 x 14.3 x 17.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (i): 2 x 6.25 x 6.5 in. (5.1 x 15.9 x 16.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (j): 1.875 x 5.375 x 6.625 in. (4.8 x 13.7 x 16.8 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (k): 1.938 x 5.5 x 7.25 in. (4.9 x 14 x 18.4 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (l): 1.938 x 5.25 x 7.125 in. (4.9 x 13.3 x 18.1 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front of box has handwritten text to the viewer's right of the label: "15 3/4".

(b)
Front of lid has handwritten number "6".
Marks(a)
Front of box has label in the viewer's bottom left corner with printed black text "ARROW COLLARS / Front 1 7/8 in. / Back 1 1/2 in. / Band / [image of collar] / 1197 / 17 1/2 / TUXARA / U.S.A."

(c)
One side has black printed text at viewer's right end "ARROW / COLLARS / MADE BY / Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc. / TROY, NEW YORK, U.S.A."

Other end of same side has printed black text including "RE-ORDER BLANK / TO CLUETT, PEABODY & CO., INC. / SHIP TO / STYLES..."

(e)
Printed text at back "ARROW / CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. INC. / U.S.A. 2959 / 74" and "TUXARA 17 1/2"; all is printed in black except the "74" is red.

(f-h)
Printed black text at back "ARROW / CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. INC. / U.S.A. 2959" and "TUXARA 17 1/2".

(i-L)
Printed black text at back "FIRST NIGHTER 15 3/4".
Historical NotesBox of collars from Wein's Clothing Store. Wein's Clothing Store was a department store in Clarion, Pennsylvania. run by three generations of the Wein family. It was started in 1911 by brothers Philip and Thomas Wein, who had recently immigrated to the United States from Poland. The business was later run by Philip’s three sons, Meyer, Milton, and Charles, and by Thomas’s three sons, Morris, Victor, and Joseph. Morris Wein’s son Alan Wein joined the business in 1982 and later took over the business, overseeing it into the 21st century before closing in 2020.

Related institution Wein's Clothing Store (1911 - 2020)

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