Artist/Photographer

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Publisher

Valentine's

Date Published

1920-1930

Publishing Note

Photogravure Series Copyright Picture. Printed in Great Britain

Postcard Text

Nurse Cavell Memorial - This beautiful and dignified statue stands in St. Martin's Place. It is a fitting memorial of Edith Cavell, who gave up her life for King and Country at Brussels, on October 12th, 1915.

Postcard Number

83276 JV; 26-1

Personal Name Subject

Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Monuments

Topical Subject

Monuments -- England -- London; World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities -- Belgium; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women; Nurses -- England; Nurses -- Belgium; World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- England -- London

Geographic Subject

London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Medical Subject

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

City/Country Location

London (England)

Original Item Medium

postcards

Original Item Size

14 x 9 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: Nurse Cavell Statue, St. Martin's Place, London, 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_071a.jpg

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