W.A. Cormack Funeral Wreath, April 6, 1938

Description
Creator
Marjorie Ruddy, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Negatives
Description
A black and white negative of a funeral wreath created by W.A. Cormack Florist Shop. The circular wreath is displayed on a floral stand.
Notes
William Alexander Cormack was born in Whitby, Ontario on 20 September 1904. He married Wilma Marion Hall on 24 May 1952 in Hamilton, Ontario.

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
6 April 1938
Dimensions
Width: 1.5 in
Height: 1.5 in
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Ruddy, Marjorie Georgina ; Cormack, William Alexander
Corporate Name(s)
W.A. Cormack Florist
Local identifier
A2013_040_976B
Collection
Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.8797081273105 Longitude: -78.943148224945
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
W.A. Cormack Funeral Wreath, April 6, 1938, Marjorie Ruddy. Whitby Archives A2013_040_976B.
Reproduction Notes
Scanned from a black and white negative.
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