Artist/Photographer

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Publisher

Altitude Publishing Ltd

Postmark Date

1991

Date Published

1970-1991

Publishing Note

Published by Altitude Publishing Ltd, box 490, Banff, Alberta Canada, Tol OCO. Produced and printed in Canada. Description on back © Don Harmon

Postcard Text

Mt. Edith Cavell - Mt. Edith Cavell was named for a heroic nurse who was shot during World War I. Its former name during days of the fur trade was La Montagne de la Grande Traverse. It was a much used landmark as its elevation 11,033 ft. (3363 m.) make it one of the highest peaks near Jasper.

Postcard Number

J-28

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

11 x 15 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_053a.jpg

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