Inventor Name
Fay, S.C.
Repository
Winterthur Library
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4853
http://www.winterthur.org/about/library.asp?sub=downs_collection
Physical Description
1 linear ft.
Summary
Fay worked as an agent for A.L. Elliot & Company., J. Elliot & Son and the Bay State Collar Company, manufacturers of paper collars and cuffs. Elliot was a leader in the formation of the Paper Collar Manufacturers Association. Elliot received a patent in 1871 for the Kaleidoscope collar. Papers contain bills, advertising ephemera, notices, business cards, correspondence, and other items relating to the production and distribution of paper collars and cuffs. Papers include a sample collar bearing a patent date of August 14, 1866.