MAFEKING, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1900. THE FORTIFIED DUGOUT IN THE TOWN WHERE RESERVE RATIONS WERE ...

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Accession Number P00607.070
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
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MAFEKING, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1900. THE FORTIFIED DUGOUT IN THE TOWN WHERE RESERVE RATIONS WERE BURIED. THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR BENJAMIN WEIL, WHO FURNISHED THE TOWN WITH FOOD SUPPLIES PRIOR TO THE START OF THE SIEGE, STANDING TO ONE SIDE. (DONOR C. BOOTH)