Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
BR2006.4.222.14 |
Object Name |
Photograph, Black-and-White |
Title |
Mayors New Years Levee |
Description |
A black and white photograph of Mayor Hazel McCallion during the Mayor's New Years Levee in 1981. McCallion is wearing a light coloured dress with short puffed sleeves and the chain-of-office around her neck. Standing next to her is her husband Sam McCallion who is wearing a dark coloured suit jacket with matching pants, a light coloured shirt and a striped necktie. Mr. McCallion is shaking the hand of an unidentified gentleman who is wearing a light colourer three piece suit. An unidentified man in a suit stands in front of the Mayor McCallion and the back of a youth head is in the proper left corner. |
Date |
01/01/1981 |
History |
Photograph taken at the Hazel McCallion's second annual Mayor's Levee which occurred on Thursday, January 2st 1981 at City Hall. "The tradition of the Mayor's Levee began in the 18th Century during the reign of King Louis XIV. In order to show that the sovereign belonged to the people, the King would invite only gentlemen to enter his bedroom on New Year's Day and watch him awake to begin serving the public in the New Year. This custom was later brought to Canada by the Royal Governor of New France. He would sit upon his doorstep at his Quebec residence on New Year's Day morning to greet the citizens and usher in the New Year. Today's levees are held in the form of an open house with the Lieutenant Governor's traditionally being held in the morning and the Mayor's in the afternoon. The intent of this custom is still, as it was years ago, to show the government's role of public service with a note of good cheer on New Year's Day." Ref:https://www.mississauga.ca/file/COM/Levee_Fact_Sheet_History.pdf |
Photographer |
City of Mississauga |
People |
McCallion, Hazel McCallion, Sam |
Copyright |
All rights belong to Museums of Mississauga |