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Publisher
Millar & Lang Art Publishing Co.
Postmark Date
1923
Date Published
1920-1923
Publishing Note
Trademark, M & L Ltd., G & L, National Series.
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 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: 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_048b.jpg