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Who first thought of the removable collar?
Hannah Montague
Who began to make many removable collars?
Reverend Ebenezer Brown
In what year did this removable-collar idea start?
1827
On what street did Mrs. Montague live?
Third Street
What young man started a collar factory that became the largest in Troy?
George B. Cluett
What was that largest factory called?.
Cluett, Peabody & Co.
The largest group of collar factory workers came from where?
Ireland
Cluett Peabody made shirts under what brand name?
“Arrow.”
Describe the “Arrow Man.”
refined, handsome, and well put together
How do you describe a business or office worker?
White collar worker
What do you call the cloth made from recycled wool and cotton rags?
shoddy
What were the four related manufacturing divisions?
mills, collar factories, laundries, waste companies
What is the name of the bridge that crosses the Hudson River at Hoosick Street?
The Collar City Bridge
