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Santa Fe courier nurse
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
This black and white photograph shows a Santa Fe courier nurse talking to passengers in the Hi-Level dome lounge of the El Capitan. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known as couriers, to their passenger trains from the 1930s to the 1960s to attend to the medical needs of passengers. During their cross country travels the nurses, also, assisted with certain administrative duties or errands that required attention.
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Santa Fe courier nurse
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
This black and white photograph shows a Santa Fe courier nurse with students from the University of Iowa prior to their arrival in Pasadena, California. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known as couriers, to their passenger trains from the 1930s to the 1960s to attend to the medical needs of passengers. During their cross country travels the nurses, also, assisted with certain administrative duties or errands that required attention.
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Delma Frasser, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe courier nurse
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
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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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe courier nurse
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
A slide of an ATSF courier nurse. These nurses were registered nurses and were employed to assist passengers.
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Fred Harvey military dining room, Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
This is the Fred Harvey military dining room, Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, California. This facility was used to feed returning soldiers from the South Pacific who were en route to separation centers. More than 73,000 meals were served to military personnel in December, 1945.
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Fred Harvey dining room, Los Angeles, California
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
This black and white photograph shows soldiers eating at the Fred Harvey dining room inside the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. More than 73,000 meals were served to military personnel.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey dining room, Los Angeles, CA
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
This photograph shows soldiers who were returning from the South Pacific and en route to separation centers eating at the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey dining room at the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Los Angeles, CA.
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Santa Fe courier nurses
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
This black and white photograph shows two Santa Fe courier nurses dressed in turquoise and mesa blue uniforms standing beside the "Hi-Level El Capitan" that traveled between Chicago Illinois and Los Angeles California. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known as couriers, to their passenger trains from the 1930s to the 1960s to attend to the medical needs of passengers. During their cross country travels the nurses, also, assisted with certain administrative duties or errands that required attention.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House staff, El Paso, Texas
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
This photograph shows the staff at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's Fred Harvey House, El Paso, Texas.
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Santa Fe courier nurse
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
This black and white photograph shows a Santa Fe courier nurse assisting passengers as they board a train. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known as couriers, to their passenger trains from the 1930s to the 1960s to attend to the medical needs of passengers. During their cross country travels the nurses, also, carried out certain administrative duties or errands that required attention.
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