Francis Frith Collection – Norwich, A History and Celebration

Frank Meeres tells the stories and events that make up the fascinating history of Norwich illustrated with maps and photographs from the extensive Frith collection.  Includes a voucher for a free photo print of your choice.

Francis Frith Collection – Norwich, A History and Celebration

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Norwich, A History and Celebration features the stories and events that make up the city’s fascinating history knowledgeably told by local archivist and historian Frank Meeres and illustrated with maps and photographs from the extensive Frith collection.  You can learn about the personalities, past and present – including benefactors, tradesmen and businessmen – whose energy and innovation have played a vital role in shaping the city.

Francis Frith started his photographic business in the 1870s, seeing an opportunity to sell souvenir photographs to holiday visitors.  He soon employed teams of photographers around the country and soon started producing postcards.  After his death in 1899, his sons, and later his grandson, took on and developed the business.  The business continued until 1969 when it finally closed, but the amazing archive of over 300,000 images was saved, and now, almost 50 years later is in the final stages of being digitized and made widely available through the publications and websites of The Francis Frith Collection.

Free Photo Print with this Book

These books include a voucher for a free Frith Photo Print.

Turn to the back of your Frith book and find a voucher for a free mounted print of a Frith photo of your choice. Simply choose any photo from the book, return the completed voucher with a small payment for P&P. We will then print it in sepia and mount it for you in our Medium Standard mount.

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About The Author

Frank Meeres

Frank Meeres came to Norwich in 1974 as an archivist at the Norfolk Record Office. Born in Exeter, he is a graduate of King’s College, University of London, with the Diploma in Archive Administration from the University of Liverpool. He has organised and listed several series of important archive groups relating to the history of the city and had special responsibility for the records of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. He is well known for the many exhibitions he has organised and for his talks and evening classes on the history of Norwich and the work of the Norfolk Record Office.

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