Memorial Grave R.I.P, December 1939

Description
Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white negative of a memorial grave R.I.P on stage at the Town Hall in December 1938. The memorial was part of the Royal Canadian Legion's Ladies' Night. The negative envelope states "Ashton - memorial grave R.I.P".
Notes
Marjorie Georgina Ruddy (1908-1980) was a prominent Whitby photographer and the only commercial photographer in Whitby during the 1930s and 1940s. Marjorie was the official photographer for the Whitby Police Department starting in the 1930s and as a result took many photographs of car accidents, fingerprints and crime scenes. (Station Gallery. Whitby Through the Lens Photographs by Marjorie G. Ruddy, 1935-1948. Whitby: Station Gallery, 2010.)
Date of Original
December 1938
Dimensions
Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Ashton
Local identifier
A2013_040_685A
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8785945204076 Longitude: -78.9415818148804
Creative Commons licence
Public Domain [more details]
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
Recommended Citation
Memorial Grave R.I.P, December 1939, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_685A.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white negative.
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