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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer entertainers Herne Bay 2.jpg Postcard photo of a group of entertainers at Herne Bay Kent England dated 1903-1914 The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent who is believed to have died 1936-1939 ;Points of interest When Palmer took group photographs he usually took care to identify one of the subjects and make sure that he took a very good portrait of that person even if the other subjects were uncooperative or unable to pose attractively But these are self-aware entertainers though possibly amateur and this has facilitated seven satisfactory portraits showing the character of each They are wearing boaters signifying summer entertainment 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 picture there is no white frame on the paper but it is important to see exactly where the edge of the postcard is to see how Palmer has cropped it The cropping is part of the composition Thank you for taking the time to read this Scan of original postcard in my possession 1903-1914 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright Different photo of same entertainers File Fred C Palmer entertainers Herne Bay jpg PD-old-70-1923 Herne Bay Kent Fred C Palmer of Herne Bay Entertainers from England Group portraits with 7 persons | ||||
