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

    kay_071b.jpg

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