Car Wreck, 1941

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Creator

Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

A black and white negative of a car that has been in an accident in a field. View is of the front of the car.

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.1941

Dimensions

Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in

Subject(s)

Accidents
Automobiles
Photographers

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina

Local identifier

A2013_040_916D

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.8794606609085 Longitude: -78.9421397143554

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.

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