Brass plaques, Gloucestershire Cider Company Limited - registered office - HP Bulmer

Brass plaques, Gloucestershire Cider Company Limited - registered office - HP Bulmer Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2JPF7JT

File size:

41.5 MB (1.5 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

4392 x 3300 px | 37.2 x 27.9 cm | 14.6 x 11 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

30 July 2022

Location:

Hereford, England, UK

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. An identifiable period record of Hereford, England, UK in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The photograph centres on Brass plaques, Gloucestershire Cider Company Limited - registered office - HP Bulmer. The frame also records themes of orchard-to-bottle industry, local-history evidence, commemorative plaque, archival record, place identity, changing streetscape, collectable heritage item, factory bottling line, historic material culture, community identity, regional identity, documentary photography, changing land use, and cider brand history. Today's relevance is strengthened by brand heritage, alcohol duty and the continuing question of how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. From a 2025-onward perspective, craftsmanship and object conservation are closely linked to this subject, alongside how museums turn individual objects into wider stories about place and people. The image fixes equipment and working practice within Hereford, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. The wider setting retains connections with bottle-filling machinery, public realm, period detail, historic artefact, before-and-after reference, museum object, decorative metalwork, and historic beverage advertising. The combination of Bulmer, Company, Gloucestershire, Brass, and Cider anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Hereford, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is brand heritage and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production in a form that can be compared with future views of Hereford, England, UK. The period view preserves details of everyday use as part of Hereford, England, UK's history.