'The Patrician'

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Date:1950

Description:Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: bromesko.

Labels on reverse: 'Midland Salon of Photography, Accepted and Hung [at] The Art Gallery, Hanley. 1950’ & 'Sutton Coldfield Photographic Society. Accepted and Hung [at the] Eleventh Annual Exhibition, 1950' & ‘This is One of the 253 Prints Exhibited in the Thirteenth Annual Springfield International Salon of Photography. Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. 1951’ & ‘Bromsgrove Photographic Society. 1955 Exhibition of Midland Photography’.

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]

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Photography Handsworth Wood Costume & Textiles 1946 - 1975 (Mid 20th Century)

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Creators: Ruth Handley - Creator

Donor ref:Birmingham City Archives MS2207 (35/6776)

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