Ruggles, C.F.

• Main Author: Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/102

This collection consists, mainly, of photographs taken by Fred Ruggles during the Royal Visit of Princess - Elizabeth and Prince Philip to St. John's, Newfoundland in 1951, the last stop on their tour of Canada. - The visit lasted just 26 hours, from 10:15 a.m. on November 11, Remembrance Day, to 12:15 noon on - November 12, and involved ceremonies at the St. John's waterfront, the St. John's War Memorial, the - Church of England Cathedral, Feildian Grounds and Government House. - Ruggles's photographs - document these activities and the people who were involved in them. There are also several other - photographs, one of which documents the "Visualizer", a machine invented by Ruggles. There are - clippings about Ruggles and a copy of a postage stamp which has an image created from a Ruggles - photograph. This material should be of interest to researchers in the history of photography in - Newfoundland and in the 1951 Royal Visit.