To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
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.
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
Item Number: 215421
Call Number: ATSF Series 2, #127.84-4758
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215421
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Nurses
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees - Nurses
Business and Industry - Railroad - Passenger trains
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1950s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Women
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Employees - Nurses
Transportation - Railroads - Passenger trains
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/215421