Picture No | 10821659 |
Date | 1917 |
Description | Erecting a Nissen hut in the snow 1917 |
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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.
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Source | Official photograph in The Illustrated London News, 20 February 1917, page 172 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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