Reserve your tickets NOW!

The Waterville Historical Society's
ANNUAL Victorian Tea
will be held on
Saturday, December 9th
from 2 'til 4.
Guest speaker:
Marlene Minor,
"The Hat Lady"



A proper, three-course, Victorian Tea will be served. This year the
third course will feature a new selection of desserts. The recipes for
these delicious sweets are taken from the pages of the Society’s
cookbook.

Marlene Minor, “The Hat Lady,” will show her collection of bonnets. Her
presentation will be most interesting and all in attendance are
encouraged to wear a hat to add to the theme of the day.

Tickets for the Saturday afternoon Tea are $8.00 each; a table of six
is $42.00.Tickets are advance sale only as there is limited seating. No
tickets will be available at the door.

Reservations may be made by telephoning 841-4018.



The Victorian period began in 1837 when Victoria became Queen of England…she ruled until she died in 1901. Hers was the longest reign in English history. The Victorian period encompasses an extremely large array of hat styles from tiny little hats that perched on your head to large and elegant feather and flower laden hats. The utilization of flowers and feathers and even using whole birds became a near obsession with the hat designers and hat wearer of this period. The Victorian tea hats were followed by Edwardian Tea Hats and era that started in 1901 and ended in 1909 at the death of King Edward, son of Victoria.