Norah Morrissey & Relatives, August 1950

Description
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Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white large format negative of Norah Morrissey and relatives.
Notes
Honorah (Norah) Mary Beamish was born at Burritts Rapids, Ontario on October 11, 1913. She married Nicholas James Morrissey in Whitby, Ontario on October 4, 1940. She died on December 16, 1957 and is buried in St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Whitby, Ontario.

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
August 1950
Dimensions
Width: 4 in
Height: 3 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie ; Morrissey, Norah
Local identifier
A2013_040_315
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.879831860126 Longitude: -78.9421397143554
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
1950
Copyright Holder
Marjorie Ruddy
Recommended Citation
Norah Morrissey & Relatives, August 1950, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_315.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white large format negative.
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