Canadian Stamp, Canada Stamp, Canada Post,used stamp, Canada 8c,8cent, Nellie McClung, 1873-1951

Canadian Stamp, Canada Stamp, Canada Post,used stamp, Canada 8c,8cent, Nellie McClung, 1873-1951 Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2AT9EJY

File size:

37.8 MB (2 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

2890 x 4574 px | 24.5 x 38.7 cm | 9.6 x 15.2 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, Canada 8c, 8cent, Nellie McClung, 1873-1951. The scene additionally carries associations with heritage asset, heritage landmark, adaptive reuse, changing streetscape, historic commercial architecture, historic context, high-street commerce, conservation interest, period building, independent trading, commercial frontage, regional identity, everyday life, and local history. Today's wider story includes commercial rents, online shopping and the practical question of the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. For contemporary context, adaptive reuse and maintenance costs are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. For place-based research, the frame preserves the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within the setting of Canada. A second layer of the scene includes traditional masonry, urban fabric, social history, consumer retail, customer footfall, local trading, community identity, and bricks-and-mortar retail. Details involving Nellie, 1873-1951, 8cent, McClung, and Stamp give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. 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 commercial rents and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts when considered against later change at Canada. Another strand within the photograph is heritage conservation and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them without losing the local specificity of Canada.