At the Montreal Historical Ball, Mary Van Horne, sister of railway magnate Sir William Van Horne, portrayed the seventeenth-century character Madame Jolliet, in the Explorers, Discoverers, and Visitors set, in reference to her home town of Joliet, Illinois.
 

Dress worn by Miss Van Horne as Madame Jolliet Montreal, 1898 Label: Miss K. Cunningham, Costumier, 2070 St. Catharines Street, Montreal Silk satin with moiré stripe; silk satin underskirt; cotton velveteen ribbon and cotton lace trim Loan courtesy of the McCord Museum of Canadian History, M992x.1.6.1 © McCord Museum	Miss Van Horne as Madame Jolliet Montreal, 1898 W. Notman Notman Photographic Archives, McCord Museum of Canadian History 123036 © McCord Museum