Cadbury Barges

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Date:1927

Description:Frank Newbould’s picture unites the corporate Cadbury view of the ‘factory in a garden’ with a ‘Roses and Castles’ folk image of <a href="http://www.search.suburbanbirmingham.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=1849">canal life</a>. Neither does justice to economic and social realities, where canals were effective bulk transporters of industrial goods but required heavy manual labour to operate.

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Transport Paintings, Prints and Drawings Food and Beverage Canals, Rivers, and Lakes Bournville 1901-2000 (20th century)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Donor ref:BM&AG: 1980P69 (90/1841)

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