Erecting a Nissen hut in the snow 1917
Buildings on the British front: putting up a Nissen hut in the snow, 1917. Devised by Major Peter Norman Nissen of the 29th Company Royal Engineers of the British Army in April 1916, Nissen huts proved popular during World War One as an easily portable and economical building
Picture No
10821659
Media ID
46097348
Size
5200px x 3728px
(1.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Official photograph in The Illustrated London News, 20 February 1917, page 172
Date
1917
