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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer Barn House Whitstable 002.jpg Postcard photo of Barn House at Whitstable Kent England The postcard is unused and not postmarked The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent 1903-1922 who is believed to have died 1936-1939 This print has darkened with age but it would be inappropriate to adjust the brightness because detail would be lost Barn House at Whitstable was Queen Mary's Coronation Holiday Home and then a 30 bed Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital in World War I In 2003 it was the home of Lucy Elizabeth Jupp <ref name thePeeragecom > cite web thePeerage com http //thepeerage com/p32483 htm Lucy Elizabeth Jupp </ref> It is now the Marine Hotel Tankerton <ref name WhitCongChurch > cite web Anon Whitstable Congregational Church http //www kentfallen com/PDF 20REPORTS/WHITSTABLE 20BRASS 20PLAQUE pdf SAUNDERS WILLIAM CHARLES Drummer T/153 pdf </ref><ref name KentVAD > cite web Kent VAD http //www kentvad org/pages/military-kent htm Kent 1914 - 1919 - Hospitals Military VAD Civil Special and Private and other buildings used to accommodate military patients or proposed for use Whitstable Kent VAD 2008 </ref> Another postcard printed from a similar negative taken at the same time is postmarked 1914 so this one was made during or before that year The label shows that it is not yet a World War I hospital confirming the date of 1914 or before Reflist 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 even though this one is off-centre You can still see the effect of a white border the proportion of the card used and Palmer's cropping of the image 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 See also File FCP Whitstable 010 jpg; a closeup taken from the same position with identical vegetation but without the dog PD-old-70-1923 Fred C Palmer of Herne Bay Whitstable Houses in Kent Voluntary Aid Detachments | ||||
