Much to my delight, Library and Archives Canada continues to post more and more of their fascinating materials online for public access. Just in time for Halloween, they’ve posted a set of 52 costume/Halloween pics here on Flickr.
Seems Lady and Lord Aberdeen, Canada’s Governor General from 1893 to 1898, ran an enviably entertaining and social household at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Here the staff are outfitted as young students of the fictional “Dame Marjorie’s School” as part of a winter ball in 1894. Feeling very Monty Python-esque, with moustaches tucked in for good measure.
Wish I had a time machine.