Putting a Shell into a Siege Train at the Modder, South Africa
photograph, stereoscopic, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1998-01-135-25
Description
Stereoscopic card captioned: Putting a Shell into a Siege Train at the Modder, South Africa. Shows men of the Royal Artillery loading a 6-inch Breech Loading (BL) Howitzer. From a box of 89 stereoscopic cards entitled, ‘South African War through the Stereoscope Pt 2 Vol 1'. Published by Underwood and Underwood and produced by Works and Sun Sculpture Studios, 1900 (c). Soldiers loading a shell into a piece of artillery. Caption is translated in French, German, Spanish, Russian on the back of the card. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).
Campaigns
Boer War (1899-1902)
Units
