Crawforth Farm, October 12, 1938

Description
Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white negative of Mark Crawforth's residence (left) and a second residence (right) on the Crawforth property. View is of the front of the houses. A large barn is visible between the two houses.
Notes
The Crawforth farm was located on the north side of Base Line at the Whitby - East Whitby Township border. The farm was was demolished for the construction of Highway 401 in 1939. The houses were demolished circa 1998.

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
12 October 1938
Dimensions
Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Crawforth, Mark
Local identifier
A2013_040_774C
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8728405531732 Longitude: -78.8899546557617
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
Crawforth Farm, October 12, 1938, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_774C.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white negative.
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