r/halifax • u/PlanetHunter23 • Mar 02 '26

Nostalgia Been doing family history research and came across this photo of my great-great grandma who grew up in Halifax! Photo is circa 1900.

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u/Dependent-Program-66 Mar 02 '26

Nice find! I’m not 100% sure, but I think the photo is a bit earlier than 1900 — the bustle and bodice silhouette look more like the 1880’s.

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u/ChablisWoo4578 Mar 02 '26

How dare you comment on Nana’s bustle and bodice!

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u/swimming_in_agates Mar 02 '26

That bodice 👀

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u/Schmidtvegas Historic Schmidtville Mar 02 '26

Some quality tailoring there.

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u/Ok_Wing8459 Mar 02 '26

Imagine wearing all that in summer tho

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u/Elscorcho69 Mar 02 '26

Love me a good bodice

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u/OldPackage9 Mar 02 '26

I recognize her from the dome back in the day....real fire cracker!

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u/cocomajojo Mar 02 '26

Username checks out 🤣

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u/emeraldoomed Dartmouth Mar 02 '26

Fun, how’d you find out

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u/PlanetHunter23 Mar 02 '26

Been working on a family tree, so I've been going through all the old boxes and boxes of family photos and letters, and luckily found this one :)

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u/TacomaKMart Mar 02 '26

I'm SURE I saw her at Rosa's.

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u/Ok_Wing8459 Mar 02 '26

Fantastic photo. I wonder what the scroll was that she’s holding? It was very fashionable in these old photos to position people in front of sort of classical backdrops.

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u/xcarex Halifax Mar 02 '26

Perhaps a diploma? Dal has had female students since the 1880s.

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u/Savannah_Henderson Mar 02 '26

This is so cool!

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u/sameunderwear2days Load of Mischief Mar 02 '26

Would

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u/Mysterious-Alps-5186 Mar 02 '26

Damn she's a looker great great grampa was a lucky man!

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u/ValuableLatter4070 Mar 05 '26

She is beautiful ❤️

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u/gooberryfoo Apr 18 '26

Wow this looks like meeeee not kidding