Postcard photo of rustic bridge at Beltinge, near Herne Bay, Kent, England, where Mickleburgh Hill now meets Reculver Road. The bridge was demolished and the pond drained around 1960, and the area is now (as of 2010) covered by a 1960s housing estate. The pond is now in the grounds of a house called Talmead, and screened from the road by a high wall. The photographer was Fred C. Palmer of Tower Studio, Herne Bay, Kent, who is believed to have died 1936-1939.
NB: The bridge is sometimes wrongly referred to as Blacksole Bridge, although Blacksole Bridge is the nearby railway bridge.
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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.
Date
between 1910 and 1916
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