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Black and white photographic print of two signs on a building masonry wall; the first sign (upper) is a carved wooden sign reading POST OFFICE BLACKWATER, the second sign (lower) is an enamelled sign with a hand icon pointing left with text reading TELEGRAPH OFFICE

Post Office Blackwater

Date: 1960s-1980s
Artist: Alan Bartram
Dimensions:
Sheet: 203 × 254 mm (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Medium: Black & white photograph
Object number: CLR.2023.798.M
DescriptionLettering shown on two different signs: raised (flat surface) combining capital serif (bifurcated) with ornamented strokes (tuscan) low contrast with capital serif (bracketed) high contrast letterforms on a wood sign, and capital sans serif monolinear (no contrast) on a metal/enamel sign, with a manicule, reading ’POST OFFICE BLACKWATER’ TELEGRAPH OFFICE’. Location: Blackwater, Ireland