Red British Telephone box and Post Office sign,

Red British Telephone box and Post Office sign, Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2K3XNBC

File size:

57.1 MB (2.7 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

18 February 2019

More information:

. An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2019, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The scene records Red British Telephone box and Post Office sign, . The subject also carries associations with archival record, social history, changing land use, used postage stamp, everyday life, period detail, postal history, commemorative issue, postal graphic design, contemporary social history, historic postage, before-and-after reference, philatelic material, and documentary photography. Today's relevance is strengthened by postal services, declining letter volumes and the continuing question of the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around the recorded location before redevelopment alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside postal ephemera, community identity, philatelic collecting, mail history, collectable stamp, paper communication, stamp design, and visual archive. The combination of British, Telephone, and Office anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is postal services and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects within the specific setting of the recorded location. The wider significance includes digital communication and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is graphic design and the collector interest created by discontinued currencies, states and designs when considered against later change at the recorded location.