St. James Anglican Church and Cemetery, c.1939

Description
Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white negative of the St. James Anglican cemetery located on Lot 2, Concession 4, Brock Township. In this view an unidentified woman and two unidentified children are walking towards the gravestones.
Notes
St. James Anglican cemetery was established in 1864 on Lot 2, Concession 4, Brock Township. The church was built circa 1865.

This photograph was taken at the reopening service of the church on Sunday September 18. No year was specified on the negative envelope.

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
c.1939
Dimensions
Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina
Corporate Name(s)
St. James Anglican Church
Local identifier
A2013_040_691C
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 44.2238446408537 Longitude: -79.1241275769043
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
St. James Anglican Church and Cemetery, c.1939, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_691C.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white negative.
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