Chauffeur's Licence Photograph, April 5, 1938

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Creator

Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

A black and white negative of an unidentified man standing in front of a brick wall. This photograph was taken on April 5, 1938 for his chauffeur's licence.

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

5 April 1938

Dimensions

Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in

Subject(s)

Chauffeurs
Men
Photographers
Portraits

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie

Local identifier

A2013_040_975C

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.879924659569 Longitude: -78.9421826296997

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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.

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