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Vintage social history photographic prints From Quirky Prints

The social history of Britain is an intriguing subject and vintage social history photographic prints give us a tantalising glimpse, of how life used to be lived by generations before us.

Today, we have such a different lifestyle to that of our ancestors. We are more widely travelled, have better access to education and health care and our lives are improved by any number of labour-saving gadgets and state of the art technology.

All of this makes vintage social history photographic prints all the more intriguing – our society has changed almost beyond recognition in the space of one century. Recognising our fascination with these images, Quirky Prints set about tracking down a selection of them to feature on 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 handpicked vintage photographs, on all manner of topics, including landscapes, people, shops, far flung civilizations and transport from years ago. And among the many hand coloured, sepia and old black and white photographs that were collected, was a selection of wonderful pictures.

Within the dedicated vintage social history photographic prints category on their website, Quirky Prints offers a selection of these unique vintage photographs. Women wash clothes in clear stream water, a woman prepares vegetables in her sparsely fitted kitchen, schoolchildren sit in rigid and orderly rows and a family sits down to tea at the kitchen table. 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 inspired gifts for friends. No matter that we know nothing of the people or places in these old photographs. They are moments frozen in time. Evocative pictures with 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 photographs are all reproduced on finest grade, heavyweight 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 home decor. In fact, we think they are the best in fine art photography.

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. For quirkiness you won’t find anywhere else!

Framed art doesn’t only have a place in our homes of course. Research has shown that art can play a useful and effective role in creating a more stimulating and productive working environment – known as corporate art. It makes staff feel the workplace is creative in all its aspects and employees often talk of feeling more motivated and inspired, because of having artwork hung on their stark, anonymous corporate walls!

Vintage art prints are particularly well suited to the office environment as corporate art, as they fit in with any style of decor – from the traditional to the modern office space. The striking sepia and black and white images offer striking and eye-catching pictures. As well as being stimulating for staff to look at, vintage art prints can be reflective of the business your company is involved in, or of the philosophy and character of the company.

On the Quirky Prints website there are hundreds of beautiful vintage photographs that could be used to great effect as corporate art. From images of vintage shop fronts, tradespeople, rural and city landscapes, different modes of transport, sports, fashion, remote civilizations, far-flung countries – the list goes on and on. These vintage art prints can offer a subtler and more innovative way of sending messages about your company, your approach and your people, beyond the company logo and corporate identity, using these for your corporate art takes your business to the next level.

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.

The result is a remarkable visual time capsule of years gone by. Within the collection of vintage social history photographic prints on the Quirky Prints online art site, we can experience the lifestyles of those generations before us.