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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer 008.jpg Hand-tinted postcard photo of the church of St Mary the Virgin at Minster Thanet Kent England The colouring has been done with great care and the original photo was probably on a glass negative The colouring work on the trees must have taken a long time and all the work is very precise If you look at the postcard from a distance it seems that light is radiating into the sky from the church Not postmarked The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent 1903-1922 and of 6 Cromwell Street Swindon ca 1923-1935 His mother was a photographic artist and the colouring skill may have been passed down the family to Palmer's wife or children He is believed to have died 1936-1939 Dating the postcard <br/> The postcard is believed to be dated 1903-1904 because Palmer moved to Herne Bay in 1903 and because it's printed in Saxony it must be dated before 1914 There are two other postcards of the same area in the same style and they may belong to the same set File Fred C Palmer Minster 128 jpg undated and File Fred C Palmer Minster 128 jpg postmarked 1904 A postcard identical to this one has been found that is postmarked 1907 Border 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 even though in this case there is no white frame The edge of the postcard defines the composition Thank you for taking the time to read this Scan of original postcard in my possession 1903-1904 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright PD-old-70-1923 Fred C Palmer of Herne Bay St Mary the Virgin's church Minster in Thanet Hand-colored photographs | ||||
