P.E.I. Historic and Reproduction Clothing

This blog displays the various period reproduction projects and events I am involved in. I have been collecting historic clothing, and making reproduction period clothing, since the summer I portrayed the Father of Confederation Andrew A. MacDonald for the 125th Anniversary celebrations of the birth of Canada. This blog began in 2010 to mark the 100th Anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery's marriage and our reproduction project creating the outfits in her wedding trousseau.

Wednesday 24 September 2014

Townspeople greeting the Father's of Confederation

I was asked to gather a collection of 14 people and outfit them in period clothing to represent the townspeople of Charlottetown as the re-enactment of the arrival of John A. MacDonald coming ashore at the foot of Great George Street for the Charlottetown Conference, September 1864.
Here's the photo of the folks I gathered together for the re-enactment. This Guardian newspaper photo appeared on their website later that day, August 30th...