Marjorie Ruddy and Eric Adams, October 9, 1938

Description
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
Black and white negative of Marjorie Ruddy holding Eric Adams beside a C.N.R. bridge on October 9, 1938. In this view Marjorie is looking at Eric.
Notes
Marjorie Georgina Ruddy was born at Millbrook, Ontario, on February 2, 1908, a daughter of lawyer Robert Ruddy. The family moved to Whitby in 1917 when Robert Ruddy was appointed junior Judge for the County of Ontario. Miss Ruddy attended Ontario Ladies' College and Whitby High School. In 1929 she organized the first Girl Guide Company in Whitby. In 1933 she began writing a column on birds for The Globe (Toronto) and in the 1930s she was a Whitby area reporter for The Globe and the Globe and Mail. In 1930 she began taking photographs in Whitby and was a commercial and police and press photographer until she retired in 1960. Miss Ruddy was the first photographer in the Canadian Women's Army Corps in 1942 and served until 1945. She operated a photo studio in Whitby from 1945 to 1960. Marjorie Ruddy later worked at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, and died at Whitby on September 15, 1980. She is buried at St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Whitby.
Date of Original
9 October 1938
Dimensions
Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Adams, Eric
Local identifier
A2013_040_867C
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photograhps Collection
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8792131934788 Longitude: -78.9417963916015
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
1938
Copyright Holder
Marjorie Ruddy
Recommended Citation
Marjorie Ruddy and Eric Adams, October 9, 1938, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_867C.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white negative.
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