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PETER POWER
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Historical re-enactors use period costumes to travel from the present day back to wartime two centuries ago. To transport these portraits of the re-enactors back in time, photographer Peter Power used the iPhone's Hipstamatic app.
Abel Land, of Guelph, Ont., dressed as a soldier of the 41st Regiment of Foot. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Les Szabo, of Orangeville, Ont., dressed as a gunsmith. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Kassandra Kearse, 23, of Hamilton, dressed as a merchant clerk, gets her hands on a musket from the period. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Andre Reed, of Burlington, Ont., dressed a lieutenant of th Navy Lieutenant, Great Lakes Squadron. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Peg Kellins, of Clinton, Ont., dressed as a woman of the period. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Philip Charles Edwards, of Toronto, dressed as a soldier of the pro-American Canadian Volunteers. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
The Reverend Canon Nick Wells, an Anglican Priest from Sarnia, Ont., dressed as an upperclass gentleman. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Charlene Roberts, of Kitchener, Ont., in period dress. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Paul Watson, of Clifford, Ont., dressed as a soldier of the 21st U.S. Infantry. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Barb Monk, a seamstress from Odessa, Ont., who specializes in historically correct fabrics. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Joseph Lischka, of Fort Erie, Ont., is a merchant who specializes in antique eyewear. (Peter Power/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Richard Feltoe, of Brampton, Ont., dressed as an officer of the Volunteer Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Amanda Toni-Cadieux, left, and Sharon Farrell, from Stoney Creek Battlefield House Museum. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Paul Roberts, of Kitchener, Ont., dressed as a livery servant. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
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