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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer Campion King wedding Swindon 1929.jpg Portrait photo of Campion-King wedding at Swindon Wiltshire England in 1929 From a postcard deposited at Swindon Record Office and scanned and uploaded by them to Flickr The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent ca 1905-1916 and of 6 Cromwell Street Swindon ca 1920-1936 He is believed to have died 1936-1939 Points of interest The sailor-groom is from the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle which was serving in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1929 In the previous year his captain and commander had been tried on board ship at Gibraltar for the Royal Oak Mutiny The ship's name on the other sailor's hat is illegible but it's a longer name ending in L ; possibly HMS Cornwall which in 1929 was at the China Station In the background there is either a hayrick or a thatched roof 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 http //www flickr com/photos/swindonlocal/4711802616/in/set-72157624432006851/ 1929 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright PD-art-70 Fred C Palmer of Swindon People of Swindon 1929 in the United Kingdom History of Swindon Wedding portrait photographs Wedding ceremonies in the United Kingdom | ||||
