Nurse fording a stream on horseback, Wendover, 1931.
Title
Nurse fording a stream on horseback , Wendover , 1931 .
Contributors
Caufield & Shook (photographer)
Description
A woman holds her horse steady in a stream . Her riding outfit includes a hat , jacket , blouse , and wide-hipped pants tucked into knee-high boots . The dark horse has bridle with a bit . The saddle rests on top of a blanket and the rider's boots rest in the stirrups . Trees line the bank and stones lay around the bank and in the body of the stream . Wendover , or Big House , is now a national historic landmark for its role in the Frontier Nursing Service and its attempt to professionalize midwifery .
Invoice Information
Frontier Nursing Service , Invoice Number 20403
Subject
Horses Horseback riding Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. People Nurses Transportation Streams Bodies of water
Location Depicted
Hyden (Ky.) Leslie County (Ky.)
Date Original
1931-09-18
Object Type
Nitrate negatives
Source
8 x 10 in. b&w nitrate negative. Item no. ULPA CS 120307 in the Caufield & Shook Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Caufield & Shook Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/cs/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA CS 120307
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