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Camp of Nissen huts behind the frontline
Camp of Nissen huts behind the frontline
Camp of Nissen huts behind the frontline, during World War I. Surrounded by snow and branchless trees, this image shows a collection of Nissen huts. This would have been a billet camp, used by soldiers who needed a rest from frontline duty. Looking closely at the huts, one can see that they are built on thick wooden stilts above the ground. The chimneys above the windows would have been for the co…
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Barracks
- Military camps
- Quonset huts
- Snow (precipitation)
- Stilts (structural elements)
- Barracks
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Barracks
- Military camps
- Quonset huts
- Snow (precipitation)
- Stilts (structural elements)
- Barracks
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Places
- Europe, Belgium, Flanders (region)
Identifier
- 74548068
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:46.313Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:46.978Z