Annie's from Wingham, but where's Eleanor from? 1890s, Port Arthur, Ontario

 

On the reverse, in pencil, "Annie McIntosh from Wingham, Eleanor Anne Sharpe."

 

I'd love to learn more about the costumes Annie and Eleanor are wearing. Unfortunately, there isn't information included on the photograph about the event or occasion that prompted this photograph.

We do know that the photograph was taken in Port Arthur, Ontario by William Barrie, who operated a photographic studio in that town from 1886 to 1896. I would date this one to sometime in the 1890s. I've researched William Barrie before concerning another photograph in my collection. For more information on William John Barrie, please see "Unidentified Orphan Photo: Arm Around Her Dolly."

I searched a little on Ancestry to see if I could locate a suitable Annie McIntosh in the Canadian censuses. I am guessing that Wingham is the town located in Huron County, Ontario but it could, of course, be any town named Wingham. And, there are quite a few in North America and abroad. I could not find her. As for Eleanor, I couldn't link to an exact match for her in Port Arthur. She could have lived in a nearby town, but I could not find one more likely than any another in the list of Eleanor Sharpes in the censuses.

Any ideas, readers?