Memorial Erected in Brussels to Miss Edith Cavell Killed by the Germans 12 October 1915.

Artist/Photographer

Preview

Date Published

1918-1930

Description

Depicts a monument to Edith Cavell erected in Brussels in 1918.

Personal Name Subject

Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Monuments

Topical Subject

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

Geographic Subject

Brussels (Belgium) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

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

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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: Memorial Erected in Brussels to Miss Edith Cavell Killed by the Germans 12 October 1915, 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_012a.jpg