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Publisher
F. MAT
Date Published
1915-1930
Description
Depicts the cell in which Edith Cavell was held in St. Gilles Prison, Brussels.
Note
This post card has various doodles and pencil markings indicating with no actual message or text. It has the number 15 ink stamped in the center. The price marking 1.50 is penciled on the edge.
Publishing Note
Photo F. MAT, 90, rue George Leclercq, Forest. (Reproduction interdite).
Postcard Text
Bruxelles - Prison de St-Gilles. Cellule de Miss Edith Cavell fusillée par les Allemands. Prison of St. Giles. Mis Edith Cavell's cell killed by the Germans.
Personal Name Subject
Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915
Topical Subject
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German; 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
9 x 14 cm.
Genre
postcards
Local Genre
postcard
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng; 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: Prison of St. Gilles, 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_044b.jpg