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1930s postcard photo of Sunday school teachers at Church of Christ, Broad Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. 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.

Points of interest
  • Palmer has arranged the group so carefully by height and sex for a visually balanced image.
  • Palmer's technique for deciding the moment for taking the photograph appears to be concentrated always on one group member. It is possible that he waited for that person's face to take an ideal pose, or he instructed them to move into a classic portrait position. The example here is the elderly gentleman at front left: a classic portrait of an individual in itself.

Editing

The remaining border of the first upload 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 1930s
date QS:P,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/5780239517/
Author Fred C. Palmer (died 1936-1939)
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current11:24, 31 May 2011Thumbnail for version as of 11:24, 31 May 20111,872 × 1,103 (1.18 MB)Storye bookBetter version: scan of scan of postcard instead of photo of scan of postcard. Source = http://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/5780239517/
10:44, 21 May 2011Thumbnail for version as of 10:44, 21 May 20113,216 × 1,968 (2.79 MB)Storye book{{Information |Description= Postcard photo of family group in or near Swindon, Wiltshire, England. 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
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