Ruth Reichenbach at the beach

Object record

The photograph adds an ordinary childhood and holiday scene to Ruth’s record. The sitter identification is family testimony. Its likely connection to Westerland is contextual rather than inscribed on this print, so the object record keeps both the place and date qualified.

SeriesGenealogy and research records

Archive reference

RB-SCAN-029

Date

Undated

Medium

Not yet recorded in the public catalog

Physical dimensions

Not yet recorded in the public catalog

Digital image

2050 × 3200 pixels

Evidence status

Family testimony identifies Ruth; probable location inferred from the associated Westerland seaside cluster

Uncertainty

The photograph itself has no visible location mark or date. Westerland on Sylt is probable because this print belongs to the seaside group that includes a separately marked Westerland photograph; no precise date is inferred from Ruth’s apparent age.

Source and provenance

High-resolution flatbed scan of a family-held photograph. Susan Reichenbach Heyman’s identification and the family naming both identify Ruth; the probable Westerland association comes from the photograph’s place in the family’s seaside cluster.

Custody history

A separate custody history has not yet been recorded; see the source and credit fields.

Credit

Reichenbach Family Archive

Rights

Family-owned photograph; publication approved by the archive owner on 26 August 2026. No further reuse rights are implied.

Image treatment

Full-frame 2,112 × 3,296 website copy of the prepared flatbed scan; no crop, retouching, tonal adjustment or generative alteration. The surviving crease and other physical marks remain visible.