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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer The Shingles.jpg Postcard photo of the sea front at Herne Bay Kent England 1903-1912 The Shingles marked with a cross on the postcard was a guest house on the west beach of Herne Bay At the time there were rumours of Bohemian goings-on in these isolated houses and it is known that nude bathing took place on early mornings when the tide was in The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent who is believed to have died 1936-1939 Points of interest Today a bungalow can be any single-storey domestic building but at that time it meant a colonial-style domestic building of one or two storeys often with an exterior gallery and balconies Note the Kentish hoys small boats on the beach The rectangular wood frames pulled up above the tideline for winter may be for trade kiosks bathers' changing rooms or for shade when covered with canvas 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 1912 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright PD-old-70-1923 Herne Bay Kent Fred C Palmer of Herne Bay | ||||
