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Winifred Player, Santa Fe Courier Nurse

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Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

Date: Between 1944 and 1955

Level of Description: Item

Material Type: Photograph

Call Number: ATSF Series 2, #127.76-77

Unit ID: 219987

Summary: These two black and white photographs show Santa Fe courier nurse Winifred Player. 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 and errands that required attention.

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Title (Main title): Winifred Player, Santa Fe Courier Nurse

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