Superhands Barber Shop, Queen St,Glasgow, Scotland / 5 Miller St, Glasgow G1 1EA

Superhands Barber Shop, Queen St,Glasgow, Scotland / 5 Miller St, Glasgow G1 1EA Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

HKHW74

File size:

54.1 MB (2.1 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3648 x 5184 px | 30.9 x 43.9 cm | 12.2 x 17.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

26 January 2017

More information:

. This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2017 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The location is represented through Superhands Barber Shop, Queen St, Glasgow, Scotland / 5 Miller St, Glasgow G1 1EA. The subject also carries associations with local character, bricks-and-mortar retail, period detail, street-level business, everyday life, public realm, commercial streetscape, local history, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, retail property, specialist retailer, before-and-after reference, and historical comparison. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into online shopping and independent business, not least because of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around the recorded location before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside changing land use, place identity, small business, regional identity, local enterprise, archival record, commercial frontage, and independent retail. The combination of Glasgow, Miller, Scotland, Queen, and Barber anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Even without a fuller street location, image HKHW74 preserves the period presentation of Superhands Barber Shop, Queen St, Glasgow, Scotland / 5 Miller St, Glasgow G1 1EA, giving later viewers a fixed documentary point for comparison. Its period value extends to online shopping and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of footfall and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The scene captures evidence of changing use for later comparison.