Preview
Publisher
Nels
Date Published
1920-1930
Description
Depicts a monument to Edith Cavell and Marie Depage erected in Brussels in 1920.
Transcription
1–
This is in front of the school for nurses that Edith Cavell founded.
Marie Depage was lost on the Lusitania on the way back from America where she had been to raise funds to carry on the work.
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[Edited by KES]
Publishing Note
Ern. Thill, Bruxelles, série 1, no 117.
Postcard Text
Bruxelles Memorial Edith Cavell et Marie Depage.
Personal Name Subject
Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Monuments; Depage, Marie -- 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
9 x 14 cm.
Genre
postcards
Local Genre
postcard
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
fre
Rights Statement URL
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: Memorial Edith Cavell et Marie Depage, 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_040b.jpg