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File:Fred C Palmer crowd at Herne Bay.jpg

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Postcard photo of a crowd listening to music at the Tower Gardens near the Clock Tower, Herne Bay, Kent, dated 1910-1913. The photographer was Fred C. Palmer of Tower Studio, Herne Bay, Kent, who is believed to have died 1936-1939. This photo may be contemporary with the 1913 photograph File:Fred C Palmer 005b.jpg.

It is dated 1910-1913 because the Grand Pier Pavilion in the background was completed in 1910, and the photo was taken before WWI started in 1914.

Points of interest
  • The postcard is titled "Band Playing From the Connaught" but it is not known whether the bandsmen were from a ship called the Connaught or whether "From the Connaught" was the name of a melody.
  • The pier tram can be seen on the right of the Grand Pier Pavilion.
  • A small group of suffragettes with bicycles can be seen at bottom left, possibly about to hand out leaflets.

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. It's also important to be able to see that this extraordinary tableaux vivants picture that contains so much is really just a postcard. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Date between 1910 and 1913
date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Scan of original postcard in my possession
Author Fred C. Palmer (died 1936-1939)
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Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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