Photo 675/14

Beige hardbound album, paper-covered, measuring 187x233mm, stamped 'Photographs' in gold on front cover, with prints mounted four to a page in window apertures, with handwritten captions in ink. The contents of the album can be broken down as follows:

Prints 1-8 Views at Calcutta, 1938.

Prints 9-15 Views at Shillong and Shimla, 1938.

Print 16 Signal Station at Diamond Harbour, 1938.

Prints 17-58 Miscellaneous views at Calcutta, Nagpur, Jabalpur, Allahabad, Patna, Delhi, Pune, Sholapur, Guntakal, Madras and Puri, 1938.

Prints 59-68 Views at Calcutta, 1938.

Prints 69-72 Derailment of the Howrah-Kalka Mail near Athserai, 29 January 1939.

Prints 73-76 Views at Delhi, 1939.

Prints 77-82 Views at Calcutta, 1939.

Prints 83-87 Views at Rawalpindi, 1939.

Prints 88-91 Views at Lahore, 1939.

Prints 92-94 Views at Amritsar, 1939.

Prints 95-100 Views at Calcutta, 1939.

Prints 101-130 Views in the Darjiling Hills (Ghum and Darjiling), 1939.

Prints 131-139 Views at Calcutta, Nagpur and Shimla, 1939.

Prints 140-147 Views at Shillong, 1939.

Prints 148-156 Views at Calcutta and surrounding districts, 1939.

Prints 157-166 Views in Southern India, Madras, Tiruchchirappalli, Coimbatore, 1939.

Prints 167-175 Views in the Nilgiri Hills, 1939.

Prints 176-182 Views at Calcutta and Delhi, 1939.

Prints 183-191 Views at Agra, 1940.

Prints 192-197 Views at Lucknow, 1940.

Prints 198-205 Views at Calcutta, Bombay and (?)Shimla, 1940.

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.