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Postcard photo of a group of entertainers - the Jollity Boys - at Herne Bay, Kent, England, dated 1903-1912. They are listed in pencil on the back as Mr A. Vernon, Mr C. Howard, Mr W. Gancy/Ganey, Mr M. Ewing, Mr S. Barton, Mr H. William, Mr A. Grace. The photographer was Fred C. Palmer of Tower Studio, Herne Bay, Kent (1866-1941).

Points of interest
  • When Palmer took group photographs, he usually took care to identify one of the subjects and make sure that he took a very good portrait of that person, even if the other subjects were uncooperative or unable to pose attractively. But these are self-aware entertainers and this has facilitated seven satisfactory portraits, showing the character of each.
  • They are wearing boaters, signifying summer entertainment.

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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. in the case of this picture, there is no white frame on the paper, but it is important to see exactly where the edge of the postcard is, to see how Palmer has cropped it. The cropping is part of the composition. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Date between 1903 and 1912
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source Scan of original postcard in my possession
Author Fred C. Palmer (died 1941)
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