File:FCP Swindon 004.jpg

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Postcard of Stanford in the Vale, England. The card is unused and unpostmarked. The photographer was Fred C. Palmer of Tower Studio, Herne Bay, Kent ca.1905-1916, and of 6 Cromwell Street, Swindon ca.1920-1936. He is believed to have died 1936-1939.

This print has darkened with age, but it would be inappropriate to adjust the brightness because detail would be lost.

Points of interest: Note the mischievous boys in the background, visible in zoom mode. It was normal for boys to wear shorts well into their teens. A house in the centre of the picture is thatched, and the post office has the Royal crest. The top of the front wall of the post office building is decorated with a pattern made with brick-ends.

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The remaining border of this image is important for researchers of this photographer. Some photographers trimmed their images more than others, and Palmer has a reputation for producing smaller postcards than other early 20th century UK photographers. He took his own photos, developed them in-house onto postcard-backed photographic paper and trimmed them himself. It is worth adding that during hand-developing the border is actively masked with equipment which both crops the picture and causes the white frame or border to appear on the paper. This frame is part of the design and is one of the reasons why the quality of Palmer's work is so interesting, and why there is an article and category for him on English Wiki. Researchers need to see exactly where the edge of the postcard is. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Date between 1920 and 1936
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1936-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Scan of original postcard in my possession
Author Fred C. Palmer (died 1936-1939)
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Other versions 2011 comparison view of same site: File:Palmer sites 2011 Stanford in the Vale 025.jpg
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