Unidentified Women Sitting By A Lake, April 27, 1941

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Creator

Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

A black and white negative of two unidentified women sitting by a rocky shoreline of a lake. Trees are visible in the background. In this view both women are looking at the photographer. Written on the negative envelope is Mrs. Ruddy.

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

27 April 1941

Dimensions

Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in

Subject(s)

Lakes & ponds
Nature
Photography
Women

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina

Corporate Name(s)

Craftsmen's Guild

Local identifier

A2013_040_961B

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8798627932897 Longitude: -78.942053883667

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