Artist/Photographer

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    Date Published

    1920-1930

    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

    kay_047a.jpg

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