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Ruth Mathilda Anderson

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American photographer (1893-1983)

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Ruth Matilda Anderson was an American photographer and author, known for her ethnographic photographs and studies of mainly rural life in early 20th-century Spain.

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German-built 1920 Icarette camera, similar to the one Anderson usedGerman-built 1920 Icarette camera, similar to the one Anderson usedWomen carrying ceramic pots to market. Pontevedra Museum.Women carrying ceramic pots to market. Pontevedra Museum.Anderson's photograph and traditional costumes of milkmaids. Pontevedra Museum.Anderson's photograph and traditional costumes of milkmaids. Pontevedra Museum.Anderson's photographs and traditional raincoats made from straw. Pontevedra Museum.Anderson's photographs and traditional raincoats made from straw. Pontevedra Museum.

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Ruth Matilda Anderson was an American photographer and author, known for her ethnographic photographs and studies of mainly rural life in early 20th-century Spain. During her extended field trips to regions of Spain from the 1920s to the late 1940s, commissioned by the Hispanic Society of America (HSA), she took thousands of photographs and accompanying notes on Spanish life and people. This led to her appointment as Curator of Photography at the Hispanic Society in 1922. From 1954 until her retirement, she continued her career as Curator of Costumes at the HSA, authoring books on Spanish historical and folk costumes.

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deceased
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Lived 1893 to 1983 · aged 89
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