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| Description | 1988 street-level photograph of The Tollgate Hotel, Gravesend, showing the front façade, entrance canopy, café bar signage, and associated roadside setting prior to its decline and later redevelopment. The image captures the hotel's appearance during its later operational years before closure. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Unknown (presumed private photographer or press archive) |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Original publication: Likely a historical local archive, publication, or private photo collection (exact origin unknown). Immediate source: User-uploaded scan of a black-and-white print photograph. |
| Date of publication | 1988 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Tollgate Hotel |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | To visually document the design, signage, and external features of The Tollgate Hotel as it appeared during its active use in 1988. This is important historical context for readers tracking the lifecycle of the building from roadside hotel to disuse and demolition. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
No freely licensed or public domain alternative exists that shows this specific view, date, or detail of the hotel in 1988. Modern photos no longer capture the original structure, and no equivalent imagery has been released under open licenses. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | Only one historically significant, low-resolution photo is used in a single article, cropped to show the hotel exterior and setting without unnecessary background. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The image is used for educational and documentary purposes only on Wikipedia. It is not used in any way that competes with a commercial product or infringes on copyright market value. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Tollgate Hotel//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Historical_photograph_of_the_Tollgate_Hotel_in_1988.jpegtrue | |
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