Canadian Stamp, Canada Stamp, Canada Post,used stamp, snowman, 51c 51cent ,Noel, Christmas

Canadian Stamp, Canada Stamp, Canada Post,used stamp, snowman, 51c 51cent ,Noel, Christmas Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2AT9EJJ

File size:

41.8 MB (1.6 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3574 x 4088 px | 30.3 x 34.6 cm | 11.9 x 13.6 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

26 July 2015

Location:

Canada

More information:

. Made at Canada in 2015, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. At the centre of the frame is Canadian Stamp, Canada Stamp, Canada Post, used stamp, snowman, 51c 51cent , Noel, Christmas. The image connects the immediate subject with visual archive, local character, social history, conservation interest, local trading, historic frontage, retail property, town-centre economy, shopfront economy, period streetscape, period building, commercial streetscape, architectural detailing, and urban commerce. Today's wider story includes consumer spending, vacant units and the practical question of bringing underused premises back into productive use. For contemporary context, redevelopment pressure and planning control are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a documentary source, the photograph anchors a particular stage in the life of the location within Canada. The subject sits alongside retail vacancy, historic context, independent trading, everyday life, community identity, archival record, high-street commerce, and traditional masonry. The recorded references to Canada, 51cent, Canadian, Stamp, and snowman preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Canada may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes consumer spending and bringing underused premises back into productive use within the specific setting of Canada. Another strand within the photograph is planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character as part of the longer story of Canada. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.