Artist/Photographer

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Postmark Date

1928

Date Published

1920-1928

Postcard Text

Miss Edith Cavell. - Arrested on August 5th, 1915, by the German authorities, and executed on October 12th on a false charge of having assisted British, French, and Belgian Soldiers to escape and rejoin the Colours. She was one of the martyrs of the Great War.

Personal Name Subject

Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Monuments

Topical Subject

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

Geographic Subject

London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Medical Subject

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

City/Country Location

London (England)

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: Nurse Cavell Monument, Charing Cross Road, London, 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_046b.jpg

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