Lady Van Horne (née Adeline Hurd), wife of railway magnate Sir William Van Horne, wore a garment created especially for the ball, obtained from the famous Lord and Taylor department store in New York. She was part of the Explorers, Discoverers, and Visitors set at the Montreal Historical Ball.
 

Dress worn by Lady Van Horne as a Colonial Dame Montreal, 1898 Label: Lord and Taylor, New York Silk damask; silk satin underskirt; cotton lace; velveteen ribbon Loan courtesy of the McCord Museum of Canadian History, M997X.1.1.1-2 © McCord Museum	Lady Van Horne as a Colonial Dame Montreal, 1898 W. Notman Notman Photographic Archives, McCord Museum of Canadian History, 123034 © McCord Museum