Reverend Douglas B. Langford, October 3, 1939

Description
Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white negative of Reverend Douglas B. Langford standing in a garden in Whitby, Ontario. An arbour is visible to the left of the Reverend.
Notes
Reverend Douglas B. Langford was born in India on January 25, 1878. After his marriage he came to Toronto, Canada, as Vicar of Little Trinity Church. From 1924 to 1948 he was Rector of St. John's Anglican Church at Port Whitby. He died at Toronto on December 7, 1949, and is buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Whitby.

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
3 October 1939
Dimensions
Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Langford, Reverend Douglas B.
Local identifier
A2013_040_780B
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8626838053248 Longitude: -78.9336853915405
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
Reverend Douglas B. Langford, October 3, 1939, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_780B.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white negative.
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