Description:Photograph by Ruth Handley. Process: plastika.
Labels on reverse: ‘Birmingham Photographic Society. Accepted & Hung in the members class [at the] 55th Annual Exhibition, 1951’ & ‘Solihull Photographic Society. Accepted & Hung at The Solihull Easter Salon, 1951’ & 'Tamworth Photographic Society. Accepted & Hung [at the] Exhibition of Midland Photography, Midland Federation Class, 1952' & 'Midland Salon of Photography, Accepted and Hung [at] The City Art Gallery, Worcester, 1953' & '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]