DescriptionFred C Palmer Wootten Bassett Road flood 1927.jpg
Photo of flood in Wootton Bassett Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, England on 15 September 1927. 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 lines of movement in this photograph are interesting. The crowd approaching on the left is on the wrong side of the road, and is apparently about to pass the boy at left foreground, and the heavy mahogany camera on its wood and iron tripod. If the boy and photographer don't move quickly, both will be splashed with muddy water. The group with its hands in its pockets on the far side of the road appears to be anticipating this entertainment.
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