This black and white photograph shows Chief Santa Fe courier nurse Delma Fraser. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known as couriers, to their passenger trains during the 1930s and 1960s to attend to the medical needs of their passengers. During their cross country travels the nurses, also, assisted with certain administrative duties or errands that required attention.
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Kansas Historical Society
Delma Frasser, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe courier nurse