Artist/Photographer

Preview

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Publisher

O'Neill and Assoc. Ltd.; Grant-Mann Lithographers

Postmark Date

1963

Date Published

1950-1963

Publishing Note

Dist. By Harry Rowed, O'Neill and Associates Ltd. Jasper, Alberta, Canada. Made in Canada Grant-Mann

Postcard Text

Mount Edith Cavell The dominating peak of the Athabasca Valley, Jasper National Park. Named to honor the heroine nurse of World War 1, Cavell's snowclad summit was a famous landmark during exploration days of the Canadian Rockies, and of the overland route to the Pacific Ocean.

Postcard Number

S-986

Personal Name Subject

Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915

Topical Subject

Mountains -- Alberta; World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities -- Belgium; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women; Nurses -- England; Nurses -- Belgium

Geographic Subject

Jasper National Park (Alta.); Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)

Medical Subject

Nurses -- Belgium; Nurses -- Great Britain; Prisoners -- Belgium; Capital Punishment -- Belgium; World War I -- Belgium

City/Country Location

Jasper (Alta.)

Original Item Medium

postcards

Original Item Size

9 x 14 cm.

Genre

postcards

Local Genre

postcard

Type

Still Image; Text

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this material is unknown. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection

Source

Original postcard: Mt. Edith Cavell, Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection, Accession Number 2016-02-01, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

File Name

cavell_050b.jpg

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