Exhibit Extras!

Ruth H Mallory was born on July 8, 1908. A member of two prominent Danbury families at birth--the Mallorys and the Cowperthwaites--Ruth would be educated at the Low-Heywood School in Stamford, Connecticut, and then study at the Clarence H White School of Photography in New York City. 

Clarence H White (1871–1925) was a self-taught photographer from rural Ohio,  who first became famous for his delicate, idealized images of rural family life. As you peruse Ruth Mallory's mostly pastoral images, it's not difficult to see where White's school would have influenced her work. Mallory had a very skilled eye and was clearly devoted to her art and to capturing scenes around greater Danbury.

In June of 1941 Ruth H Mallory married William Webb Sunderland, part of another celebrated Danbury family and a talented architect. As their wedding announcement in the Danbury News-Times read: "The wedding unites two of Danbury's oldest and most prominent families. The bride is a granddaughter of the late Charles Mallory . . .the groom is the third member of a family prominently identified with the building trade."

Ruth H Mallory Sunderland lived to be 95 years old, dying in December of 2003. Her obituary notes that she was a well-known photographer and member of the Bridgeport Camera Club as well being a lifetime member of the Danbury Garden Club and the First Congregational Church. 

Enjoy the above sampling of Ruth Mallory's work, these images are part of a collection of of photographs that were printed in conjunction with local calendars.