Identify bottle / sign and offer a date?

[Essenchill]

Can anyone make out the image on the tie of the gentleman at the very front? It may be a company tie.

The original print is quite small, and possibly (from the 'zoom in' scan's I've done on the bottle, sign and now the tie) slightly blurred.  Here's the zoom on the tie, but yet again I don't think we can make out any more from zooming in on it.  I get the impression it's either a product launch, a product anniversary, a celebration of some kind... It seems on the whole light-hearted although the majority of the people have made an effort in terms of dress for the occasion.  The nurse/waitress is probably an obvious clue to the product in her hand, however with no other clues it's turning out to be not obvious at all!

The tie is perhaps a racing horse or polo?
Thanks to everyone who has had a look!

[HeatherLynne]

Ooh that's a bit clearer!  Now I can see a cowboy riding a bucking bronco moose!       Do you reckon that chap is Martin Kemp's Dad?  Looks very much like him 

I think the bottle is going to be the key to solving the mystery of this photo, probably the best chance of identifying it is to post the photo on a bottle collectors' forum. 

Hope we get an answer soon, I'm intrigued!

[ScouseBoy]

could the lady be wearing a Guiness uniform?

[Nick29]

The tie is perhaps a racing horse or polo?
Thanks to everyone who has had a look!

Well, I did suggest that back in reply #35 

[Jean McGurn]

I just printed out the blow up of the bottle (so I could check with images of bottle labels) and I am sure it is a bottle with two labels on it.

What I thought was a bottle stopper is actually the lady's ear lobe and a small black shadow on the coat of the man behind so making it look as if something is stuck in the bottle .

 One label is at the top and  is a collar label (like on a Heinz sauce bottle although the larger label is the wrong shape to be that) and the screw top has been removed. I am not sure it is a beer bottle as the shape seems a bit wrong.

So my guess if it is a waitress holding the bottle could it be either a sauce or relish bottle?

The lady looks slightly embaressed to be in the photo or perhaps because she has to hold the bottle  Still trying to figure out why the bottle's there. Unless it's a product from the factory behind but if so why can we not see the label more clearly.

Jean
 

[Nick29]

You know, I'm still doubtful that this is the Seven Seas building.  There were lots of buildings in this art deco style, including the very famous Hoover building in London.


2 reasons....

1.  The vertical columns either side of the door are stepped out a lot less than in the Seven Seas building.

2. An art-deco building of this period would probably have been listed, so it's very unlikely to have been torn down or substantially changed.

Maybe the archives at the Seven Seas company will turn up something ?

[Essenchill]

Thanks everyone for continuing to scratch your heads along with me!  I've contacted Seven Seas and waiting to see if they respond, an email is my first attempt but if I don't hear anything by the end of the week I may send in a letter as it's such an unusual request and they have a business to look after!  I'm also looking into getting the picture into the Flashback series in Hull to see if that gets any further information.  It could well be somewhere other than Hull and a 'trip' or 'event' of some kind, I'm just pretty clueless!

[Nick29]

Well, this may first appear to be a joke, but it isn't - have you thought about contacting John Prescott ?  He was brought up in that area, wasn't he ?  And he was a mrechant seaman, so could have some knowledge of the dock area.

[Essenchill]

I think I'll leave that as a last resort!  But thanks for the suggestion.