Unidentified Women Having Tea, c.1952

Description
Mystery Question
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Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white large format negative of two unidentified women sitting at a table that is decorated. In this view the woman on the left is holding a tea cup and looking forward. The woman on the right is holding a tea pot and tea cup and looking at the woman on the left. This negative has started to degrade.
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
c.1952
Dimensions
Width: 5 in
Height: 3 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina
Local identifier
A2013_040_479
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.879924659569 Longitude: -78.9421826296997
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
1952
Copyright Holder
Marjorie Ruddy
Recommended Citation
Unidentified Women Having Tea, c.1952, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives, A2013_040_479.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white large format negative.
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