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Vintage shop front photographic prints From Quirky Prints

Old shop fronts from years ago, never fail to catch our attention and images of vintage shop fronts, with owners standing proudly outside their stores. They have many special stories to tell.

In the early 20th century – before we had the extensive distribution systems and mass food production that exists today - shops were altogether more individual, more intimate. Each had their own special character and ambiance and their individual look added to the character and variety of the high street. The shop owners themselves knew most of their customers by name and took extra pride in the personal service they offered.

Recognising the fondness and nostalgia we have for vintage shop fronts, the team at Quirky Prints set about finding some Vintage shop front photographic prints to add to their website of vintage photographs.

Their hunt for old black and white photographs and images took them to hundreds of antique shops, collectors’ fairs, vintage photograph dealers and specialists around the UK.

The resulting collection is literally thousands of hand-picked vintage photographs, on all manner of topics, including landscapes, people, shops, far-flung civilizations and transport from years ago. And among the many old black and white, hand coloured and sepia photographs that were collected was a selection of striking Vintage shop front photographic prints.

Within the dedicated SHOP FRONTS category on their on-line photo gallery, Quirky Prints offers a selection of these unique vintage photographs. There are scores of images to choose from including butchers, dairies, ironmongers, chemists and the traditional interior counters of vintage shops. All are captured in evocative colour or black and white photographic detail.

These old, forgotten, but delightful vintage photographs, make stunning framed pictures. They become unique artworks, which can be hung in our homes, or bought as original and imaginative gifts for friends. No matter that we know nothing of the people or places in these old photographs. They are moments frozen in time. These pictures have their own exclusive story to tell. And they have as much meaning and resonance with us today, as they had for those involved in creating the vintage photograph all those years ago.

The original Vintage shop front photographic prints are all reproduced on finest grade, heavyweight fine art paper, to preserve all the fine detail and quality of the image. They are then enlarged and presented in contemporary metal frames, which have been carefully chosen both to enhance the images and to complement any style of house decor.

For anyone who is completely uninspired and bored with the same prints offered for sale in the high street – those thousands of similar pictures that appear in thousands of homes across the UK - Quirky Prints offers something new, some different. Something Quirky in fact!

There are thirty-two other categories to choose from on the Quirky Prints website - from Agriculture to World War II – with literally thousands of images taken from original vintage photographs. Each of the old black and white photographs has been carefully restored to remove any damage, but preserve the originality of the image. Others have been painstakingly hand coloured or had their original colours restored. We pride ourselves on our photo restoration techniques.

The result is a remarkable visual time capsule of years gone by. Within the collection of Vintage shop front photographic prints on the Quirky Prints website, we can enjoy a spot of window-shopping from years gone by!