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Photo 675/15

Record Id:

040-003100381

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003100261

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026021938.0x000272

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Photo 675/15

Title:

Sir Norman Frederick Frome Collection: Album of views in India. Photographer(s): Frome, Norman Frederick

Scope & Content:

Cream hardbound album, paper-covered, measuring 188x235mm, 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 1-9 Miscellaneous views of Kashmir, Calcutta, Bombay and Rawalpindi, 1940.

Prints 10-125 Views in Kashmir: river scenes, houseboats, mountain scenery, etc., 1940.

Prints 126-127 Views in Calcutta, 1940.

Prints 128-143 Views in Chota Nagpur District (Bihar), 1940.

Prints 144-153 Views in Calcutta and Bombay, 1940.

Prints 154-162 Views in Nagpur and Jabalpur, 1941.

Prints 163-176 Views in Jaipur and Amber, 1941.

Prints 177-181 Views in Ajmer, 1941.

Prints 182-185 Views in Indore, 1941.

Prints 186-201 Views in Mhow, Mortakka, Khandwa and Pachmarhi, 1941.

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
040-003100381

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 675/15 : Sir Norman Frederick Frome Collection: Album of views in India. Photographer(s): Frome, Norman Frederick

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003100261[0015]/040-003100381

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

10 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print

Start Date:

1940

End Date:

1941

Date Range:

1940-1941

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 77 mm x 52 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