Romance Through Nations Show, October 20, 1939

Description
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Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white negative of five unidentified female performers wearing leis and grass skirts on stage at the Whitby Town Hall. They are posing with their hands on their hips. Their performance was part of the Romance Through Nations show held on October 20, 1939.
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
10 October 1939
Dimensions
Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina
Local identifier
A2013_040_782B
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8787027886588 Longitude: -78.9415388995361
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
Romance Through Nations Show, October 20, 1939, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_782B.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white negative.
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