Artist/Photographer

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    Publisher

    Altitude Publishing Ltd

    Postmark Date

    1991

    Date Published

    1970-1991

    Transcription

    Sept 21
    Canadian Rockies! Our 1st all train tour. Scenery & colored leaves. Fantastic. Canada has postal strike so we must wait and mail from U.S.
    Sam and Pauline.

    Eleanor Halloch
    2202 Chestnut
    Camp Hill Pa
    17011

    53

    [Edited by KES]

    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

    kay_053b.jpg

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