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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer Chapel Hill Blunsdon 1920.jpg Postcard of Chapel Hill Blunsdon Swindon Wiltshire England in the early 1920s The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent ca 1905-1919 and of 6 Cromwell Street Swindon ca 1920-1936 He is believed to have died 1936-1939 Points of interest The very tall deciduous tree in the background is possibly an elm of which there are few remaining today The very big sash windows in the chapel are still in full working condition; it is a rare thing today to see these opened 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 In the case of this image we don't have the whole border in shot but we can still see that the photographer intended a white border and we can see where he cropped his image All this is part of the artwork Thank you for taking the time to read this http //www flickr com/photos/swindonlocal/4056263794/ 1920-1922 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright 2011 comparison shot of same site File Palmer sites 2011 Chapel Hill Blunsdon 012 jpg PD-old-70-1923 Fred C Palmer of Swindon Blunsdon | ||||
