NEAR MAFEKING, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1900. THE FRONT SECTION OF THE ENGINE OF A PARTLY ARMOURED TRAIN ...

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Accession Number P00607.244
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
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NEAR MAFEKING, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1900. THE FRONT SECTION OF THE ENGINE OF A PARTLY ARMOURED TRAIN UNDER THE CONTROL OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. PLUMBER. A LARGE HOLE INDICATES WHERE A 100-POUND BOER SHELL PASSED THROUGH THE ENGINE WITHOUT EXPLODING. (DONOR C. BOOTH)