Bird Wedding, c.1940

Description
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Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white negative of a wedding ceremony inside a church. In this view the wedding party is standing at the front of the church. The negative envelope refers to the wedding as the Bird wedding. The other name on the envelope is illegible.
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
c.1940
Dimensions
Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie ; Bird
Local identifier
A2013_040_698A
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8796462608063 Longitude: -78.9421397143554
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
Bird Wedding, c.1940, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_698A.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white negative.
Contact
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