Keywords: Fred C Palmer Clyffe Pypard church 001.jpg Postcard of St Peter's Church Clyffe Pypard 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 The postcard is unused and un-postmarked This photograph was scanned at 1200 dpi to assess sharpness and focus The focus is not so sharp as that of some of Palmer's other photographs which may suggest that this is the cropped centre of a larger image ;Points of interest This photograph may have been taken in early spring as not all trees are in leaf thus making the church at least partly visible The same photo could not be taken today as the trees have grown so large as to obscure almost all of the church when viewed from any point on the hill Palmer's camera viewpoint is thought to have been on or near the road which now runs through trees along the top of the hill Editing This is an unedited scan of an historical print It has darkened with age but it would be inappropriate to adjust the brightness because lighter or darker detail would be lost 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 original postcard 1922-1936 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright 2011 view of same site - File Palmersites2011 004a jpg PD-art-70 Fred C Palmer of Swindon St Peter's Church Clyffe Pypard |