House on Highway 12, September 12, 1952

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Creator

Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

A black and white large format negative of a house on Highway 12. The name on the negative envelope is "Plato". View is of the front of the house.

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

12 September 1952

Dimensions

Width: 4 in
Height: 3 in

Subject(s)

Dwellings
Photographers

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie

Corporate Name(s)

Bell Telephone

Local identifier

A2013_040_242

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Images Collection

Geographic Coverage

Brooklin

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.9523445176343 Longitude: -78.9615862963867

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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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