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Other Title
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 Statement URL
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.
File Name
cavell_009b.jpg