Truman Beers & Ales, lamp,Brick Lane,London, England, UK, E1 6QL

Truman Beers & Ales, lamp,Brick Lane,London, England, UK, E1 6QL Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2AE02KF

File size:

52.9 MB (2.4 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3648 x 5072 px | 30.9 x 42.9 cm | 12.2 x 16.9 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

26 November 2019

Location:

Brick Lane,London, England, UK, E1 6QL

More information:

. A grounded documentary photograph made at Brick Lane, London, England, UK, E1 6QL in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The subject recorded here is Truman Beers & Ales, lamp, Brick Lane, London, England, UK, E1 6QL. The photograph also reflects building-material production, historic commercial architecture, labour history, before-and-after reference, heritage asset, local history, changing land use, industrial supply chain, traditional building materials, historic manufacturing, manufacturing heritage, built heritage, historic townscape, and historic frontage. The subject remains useful for current coverage of manufacturing history and regional industry, not least because of recording industries that shaped northern towns. Today's wider story includes redevelopment pressure, heritage conservation and the practical question of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the frame preserves a particular stage in the life of the location at Brick Lane, London, England, UK, E1 6QL. The photograph additionally reflects engineering heritage, working-industry history, heritage landmark, conservation architecture, industrial archaeology, contemporary social history, local character, and regional identity. References to Beers, Brick, London, and Truman help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at Brick Lane, London, England, UK, E1 6QL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is manufacturing history and the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials as part of the longer story of Brick Lane, London, England, UK, E1 6QL. Image 2AE02KF also remains a dated record of Brick Lane, London, England, UK, E1 6QL.