Unidentified Building, c.1945

Description
Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
Black and white negative of an unidentified building taken from the shoulder of a road. Cars are parked in front of the building.
Notes
This negative was part of a negative strip that was found rolled up in a wooden box without any identification of the people or places in the photographs. Written on the wooden box: Marjorie Ruddy negs 45 each.

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.1945
Dimensions
Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina,
Local identifier
A2013_040_847C
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photograhps Collection
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8553115283604 Longitude: -78.9350810317383
Creative Commons licence
Public Domain [more details]
Copyright Statement
This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
Copyright Date
1945
Copyright Holder
Marjorie Ruddy
Recommended Citation
Unidentified Building, c.1945, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_847C.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white negative.
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