Any clues from the reverse of this photo postcard from 1929?

[ValJJJ]

I'm clutching at straws here but perhaps someone can help please?

I have a studio photograph of a child (a relative) which would have been taken in around 1929.  What we don't know is where this photo might have been taken but there is no studio/photographer info on the back.

The photo is presented as a postcard with the usual headings, but also a central piece of writing.  Perhaps this is standard too, or perhaps it is a clue?

I've attached the image of the reverse.

Thanks for looking.

[shume]

So the printed writing is very formal ( "Communication") so probably English. The motive looks like a crown at the top, the letters --LROME and then finished with a little bow. I think the letters spell out the name of the photographic studio?
Do you know where this child lived c 1929?
Here are 2 sites which might help but if you can narrow it down to, say,London you have a better chance of identification.
https://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/
http://www.earlyphotographers.org.uk/databases.html

Good luck!
shume

[loobylooayr]

Looks to me like it says - readme-  with the 'r' having faded or not properly printed.

Looby

[ValJJJ]

Thanks both.  I thought it said --rome, perhaps chrome, but the photo is B&W.  The O could well be D - oh well, 'readme' isn't going to get us very far is it.

It's the location that is a mystery, other than UK and most likely England.

[shanghaipanda]

I think this might be Jerome.  If you use google images and put in Jerome postcards have a look and see what you think.

[McCallion]

i would say Jeromes too.

http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Jerome_Studios.html

link shows history of the photographer, unfortunately they had offices in many towns

[Gadget]

http://www.photodetective.co.uk/Violet.html

No stamp??

add

As a rule of thumb I would date a badly smudged or feint Voilet stamp in the 1930s

[ValJJJ]

Oh yes I can see it's Jerome so it was a logo of sorts.

Looking at those links, it seems this postcard predates Jerome taking over Gales studios, as this card doesn't have 'branches everywhere' which was the message on Gales advertising. 

There is also no violet ink date stamp, which absence might indicate something.

I shall contact the website owners of the links posted and send them the pic to see if they can narrow down the date.  Hopefully it was when Jerome was only in a few places.  If only London, Liverpool and Manchester, then it's very likely to be the London studio, based on the family history.

Thanks so much everyone for helping out. 

[Treetotal]

Why not post the photo so that we can help to date it for you.
Carol