Church Party, June 20, 1938

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Creator

Marjorie Ruddy

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Negatives

Description

A black and white negative of a group of unidentified people socializing at an outdoor church party in Whitby, Ontario on June 20, 1938. Some of the women are wearing hats and the men are wearing suits.

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.)

Inscriptions

Negative envelope: Whitby Party June 20/38

Date of Original

20 June 1938

Dimensions

Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in

Subject(s)

Children
Churches
Men
Parties
Women

Personal Name(s)

Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina

Local identifier

A2013_040_942A

Collection

Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection

Geographic Coverage

Whitby

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.879831860126 Longitude: -78.942053883667

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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