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Cream hardbound album, paper-covered, measuring 188 x 235 mm, 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 1-2 Visit of the Governor of the Central Provinces, Sir Herbert Twynam, to the GPO, Nagpur, 3 September 1941.

Prints 3-4 Views at Pachmarhi, 1941.

Prints 5-19 Views at Abu, 1941.

Prints 20-42 Views at Nagpur, Akola, Amraoti and Raipur, 1941.

Prints 43-52 Views at Gwalior, 1941.

Prints 53-63 Views at Nagpur and Pachmarhi, 1941.

Prints 64-70 Views at Delhi, 1942.

Prints 71-81 Views at Shimla, 1942.

Prints 82-102 Views at Delhi and New Delhi, 1942-43.

Prints 103-116 Views at Shimla, 1943

Prints 117-126 Views at Delhi and Shimla, 1943.

Prints 127-158 Views in the Shimla Hills, 1943.

Prints 159-166 Miscellaneous views and groups at Delhi, Madras and Bombay, 1945.

Prints 167-203 Views in the Shimla Hills, 1945.

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.