A large wooden hut built by female carpenters attached to Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps. According to the photograph’s original caption, the hut has been built entirely from discarded boxes. A wooden walkway leads up to the doorway, and a row of windows have been installed along the side. It is thought this photograph was taken by the British official photographer, John Warwick Brooke. This is a good example of the resourcefulness of those at the Front. Due to bad transport links and a shortage of supplies, those involved in construction often had to come up with ingenious ways of recycling material. [Original reads: ‘OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Q.M.A.A.C. Crowd of women carpenters who work for Government contractors in France. A hut constructed solely of old boxes by the women carpenters in France.’]
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