Robert Wagstaff and Family, December 7, 1947

Description
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Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white large format negative of Robert Wagstaff, his wife and their two children. In this view a young male child is sitting in a chair with a baby. Mrs. Wagstaff is to the right of the chair holding the baby. Mr. Wagstaff is sitting behind the chair with his arm around the chair and Mrs. Wagstaff.
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
7 December 1947
Dimensions
Width: 5 in
Height: 3 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie ; Wagstaff, Robert
Local identifier
A2013_040_457
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8798627932897 Longitude: -78.9421826296997
Creative Commons licence
Public Domain [more details]
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
Recommended Citation
Robert Wagstaff and Family, December 7, 1947, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_457.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white large format negative.
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