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    • justapassenger posted
    Posted in Trams and Light Rail » Tram Illustrations on Sydney Constraction Site Hoardings

    Nobody else has mentioned the inflatable tube man on the right hand side yet. That would be out of place even if it was placed there today.

    So the metric style road speed limit sign, the relatively modern van and the advertising with a price in dollars leads me to think that it is either not Sydney or that they've photoshopped trams into a more recent picture of a Sydney scene.
    Bogong
    Other way around. It's clearly a photo of an old street scene (possibly in Sydney, and I think the foreground and background of the street are different photos merged together) with a bunch of newer objects pasted on top.

    The advertisement on the building above the closest tram shows the woman wearing a track suit top with three stripes on the sleeves which is an Adidas logo.
    This style was 1970's era which doesn't fit the general era of the photo, also the style of the advert doesn't fit the era.
    Pressman
    The three stripes on the sleeve don't date the 'Love Is' ads as Adidas still make tops with the three stripes even today.

    The style of the advertisement would suggest they were lifted from photographs taken around 3-5 years ago.

    The 'Senior College Banner' is another as we never had 'Seniors' then like we do today.
    gordon_s1942
    University Senior College is a year 11-12 school at the University of Adelaide. They did hold one of their 2016 open days at 2:00pm on Sunday 23 October (scroll to the bottom here).

    Those banners were not that big in real life, and for obvious reasons were not used on any Adelaide streets with a tram line.

    The USC banner and the trailer billboard owned by the Australia Pizza House store on West Terrace in Adelaide might suggest that the construction firm had contracted out the work to a graphic designer in Adelaide. It is also apparent that they weren't interested in paying a huge deal of money to guarantee high quality work.

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    Edited 01 Jun 2017 19:21, 4 years ago, edited by justapassenger

    Nobody else has mentioned the inflatable tube man on the right hand side yet. That would be out of place even if it was placed there today.

    So the metric style road speed limit sign, the relatively modern van and the advertising with a price in dollars leads me to think that it is either not Sydney or that they've photoshopped trams into a more recent picture of a Sydney scene.
    Bogong
    Other way around. It's clearly a photo of an old street scene (possibly in Sydney, and I think the foreground and background of the street are different photos merged together) with a bunch of newer objects pasted on top.

    The advertisement on the building above the closest tram shows the woman wearing a track suit top with three stripes on the sleeves which is an Adidas logo.
    This style was 1970's era which doesn't fit the general era of the photo, also the style of the advert doesn't fit the era.
    Pressman
    The three stripes on the sleeve don't date the 'Love Is' ads as Adidas still make tops with the three stripes even today.

    The style of the advertisement would suggest they were lifted from photographs taken around 3-5 years ago.

    The 'Senior College Banner' is another as we never had 'Seniors' then like we do today.
    gordon_s1942
    University Senior College is a year 11-12 school at the University of Adelaide. They did hold one of their 2016 open days at 2:00pm on Sunday 23 October (scroll to the bottom here).

    Those banners were not that big in real life, and for obvious reasons were not used on any Adelaide streets with a tram line.

    The USC banner and the trailer billboard owned by the Australia Pizza House store on West Terrace in Adelaide might suggest that the construction firm had contracted out the work to a graphic designer in Adelaide and that they weren't interested in paying a huge deal of money.