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Edith Cavell and Two Dogs

Date Published

1915-1920

Description

Printed and sold for the benefit of the Daily Mirror Nurse Cavell Memorial Fund.

Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Postcard Text

I have seen death so often that it is not strange or painful to me. I am glad to die for my country. Brussels, October 12th, 1915. E. Cavell

Personal Name Subject

Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Portraits

Topical Subject

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

Geographic Subject

Brussels (Belgium)

Medical Subject

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

City/Country Location

Brussels (Belgium)

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

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection

Source

Original postcard: 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.

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