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Photo 675/6

Record Id:

040-003100288

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003100261

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026021938.0x000215

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 675/6

Title:

Sir Norman Frederick Frome Collection: Album of England and India. Photographer(s): Frome, Norman Frederick

Scope & Content:

Mock-leather photograph album measuring 230x177mm, with prints mounted two to a page in window apertures, with handwritten captions in ink. The contents of the album can be broken down as follows:

Prints 1-36 Views in England, 1930.

Prints 37-43 Voyage to India on S.S. Gange, including shipboard scenes, 1930.

Prints 44-57 Views in Calcutta and of country boats under sail on the Padma River at Narayanganj, 1930-31.

Prints 58-61 Views at Darjiling, 1931.

Prints 62-67 Views at Calcutta (several of Victoria Memorial), 1931.

Prints 68-73 Views at Shimla, 1931.

Prints 74-90 Views at Delhi and new Delhi, 1931-32.

Prints 91-96 Views at Agra (Mughal architecture), 1932.

Sir Norman Frederick Frome (1899-1982) joined the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department in 1923, after service in the RAF. He was appointed Director of Telegraphs 1937, Postmaster General 1941 and Chief Engineer 1946.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003100261
040-003100288

Is part of:

Photo 675 : Sir Norman Frederick Frome Collection: Photographs relating to the career in India of Sir Norman Frederick Frome. Photographer(s):…

Photo 675/6 : Sir Norman Frederick Frome Collection: Album of England and India. Photographer(s): Frome, Norman Frederick

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003100261[0006]/040-003100288

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

8 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print

Start Date:

1930

End Date:

1931

Date Range:

1930-1931

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 73 mm x 124 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Donated by ?

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Known

Names:

Frome, Norman Frederick
Frome, Norman Frederick
Frome, Norman Frederick
Frome, Norman Frederick