Historical information

Photograph of President John Sullivan presenting flowers to Mrs Ruth Ellis for her 89th birthday. Also another photo of her involved with a preparing newsletters for posting with other widows. The yellow paper label says: "Legacy widow, Mrs Ruth Ellis, would not let the fact the it was her 89th birthday interfere with her 'work' at Legacy House. For the past 14 years Ruth has faithfully helped prepare the fortnightly bulletin ready for posting. But Legatee President John Sullivan, did not let her escape without presenting a beautiful bouquet of flowers on behalf of his fellow legatees and staff at Melbourne Legacy."
It was with a group of photos from 1990/91 in a folio with paper labels.

Significance

A record of a widow being appreciated for her volunteer work at Legacy and reaching 89 years of age.

Physical description

Colour photo x 2 of the 89th birthday of Mrs Ruth Ellis.

Inscriptions & markings

Yellow paper label describing her 89th birthday in black type.