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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer Malthouse Blunsdon.jpg Postcard of the Malthouse Blunsdon Swindon Wiltshire England about 1928 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 Note the carefully-maintained rabbit-and-cat-proof fence in front of the malthouse Yet the building has a sagging roof and sagging wooden lintels The inhabitant has taken no chances with the fence; the left-hand gate appears to be a kissing gate Malt is attractive to animals and so are kitchen gardens 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/4056262584/ ~ 1928 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright 2011 comparison shot of same site - File Palmer sites 2011 Blunsdon 015 jpg PD-art-70 Fences in Wiltshire Front fences Wooden fences in the United Kingdom Fred C Palmer of Swindon Blunsdon | ||||
