Description:Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: bromesko.
Exhibition labels on reverse, include: 'Midland Salon of Photography, Accepted and Hung [at] Leamington Spa, 1948' and 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] Ninth Annual Exhibition, 1948' and 'Southport Photographic Society. Accepted & Hung [at] 60th Jubilee Exhibition, 1950' and 'Tamworth Photographic Society. Accepted & Hung [at the] Exhibition of Midland Photography, Midland Federation Class, 1952' and 'Shropshire Photographic Society. Selected for Display at the 1953 Shropshire Salon of Pictorial Photography' and 'Birkenhead Photographic Association. This entry was accepted and exhibited [at the] Annual Exhibition, 1953'.
Ruth Handley(1899-1957)was renowned as a specialist in portrait photography. Mostly known for her photographs of actors and actresses who visited her Handsworth studio.
This photograph is from the Midland Counties Photographic Federation archive, held at Birmingham City Archives [Ref: MS2207]