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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer Hampton Inn reverse 002.jpg Reverse of postcard postmarked 15 February 1914 showing the Hampton Pier Inn now the Hampton Inn Hampton-on-Sea Herne Bay Kent England On the back a Quaker husband is writing from Herne Bay to his wife in London Dear Wife So pleased to get your letter this morning and to hear you have been to see Jim I had a nice letter from him and was sorry to hear of his illness but I hope he will soon be better again It is very wet down here today Cannot get out so we are sitting by the fire all singing Hymn's sic We have a splendid Harmonium player amongst our Brothers We are going to have a nice Concert tomorrow night and our Brothers Friends are invited I shall be at Victoria about 11 30 on Tuesday morning with Love to you all at Home I have won another Prize which I have been trying for a long time for Mrs Brown Good bye Dear Love name illegible ;Points of interest It should be noted that writing on postcards could be read by anybody so that apparently simple messages sometimes carried references which had additional private meaning The writing is shaky in places suggesting an elderly writer The postmark is about 5 months before the beginning of World War I The card was probably bought from the kiosk of Edmund Reid at Hampton-on-Sea Editing This is an unedited scan of an historic image The original print has perhaps faced with age but it would be inappropriate to adjust the brightness or contrast because detail would be lost in lighter or darker areas It is suggested that edited versions of this image be uploaded as separate files 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 Thank you for taking the time to read this Scan of postcard Postmarked 15 February 1914 Fred C Palmer d 1930s out of copyright Front of card - File Fred C Palmer Hampton Inn 001 jpg Other views of the same subject are File Hampton-on-Sea 1910 023 jpg and File Hampton on Sea 1910 124 jpg PD-old-70-1923 Hampton-on-Sea Buildings in Kent Fred C Palmer of Herne Bay 1914 in England | ||||
