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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer of Swindon Wootton Bassett 001.jpg 1920s postcard of Wootton Bassett Wiltshire England showing the main street and the old town hall The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent ca 1905-1920 and of 6 Cromwell Street Swindon ca 1920-1936 He is believed to have died 1936-1939 ;Points of interest There are several elderly men on the benches in front of the old town hall; they all have walking sticks all are hatted and at least one is bearded The nearest shop is a Co-op store and the window display contains jars of jam The next shop has the name H Gittins over the window and is presumably a sweet-shop as the advertisements name Frys and Rowntrees The telegraph poles do not appear to have wires between them In the distance can be seen two parked vehicles and two people walking Editing This print has darkened with age but it would be inappropriate to adjust the brightness because detail in lighter or darker areas would be lost It is suggested that edits 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 original postcard in my possession Postmarked August1928 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright PD-art-70 Fred C Palmer of Swindon Royal Wootton Bassett | ||||
