Unofficial views: Phillip Neal
Phillip Neal was in the U.S. Army 341st Engineers General Service Regiment, constructing the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson, B.C. He also served in Whitehorse at Northwest Service Command Headquarters where he was in charge of vehicle maintenance for the Alaska Highway and the Canol project, 1942-1945. Mr. Neal donated his collection of films, slides, and sound recordings to Yukon Archives in 1993. The slides are organized in the form of a slide show that is narrated by Mr. Neal on his sound recording. The complete slide show, including 140 photographs, is presented here along with the transcribed sound recording (Yukon Archives. Phillip Neal fonds, 93/9, SR 165 (1)).
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Inside a trapper's cabin
Inside a trapper's cabin. February 1944.
This was a shot on the inside of the cabin. Those 2 light coloured furs are lynx and the trapper said they’re the most difficult to catch because they are really a c---ing [cunning] animal. The one on the right is a wolverine, the one hanging over the table on the left is a stone marten, and there are a few red fox furs hanging on the walls.
Yukon Archives. Phillip Neal fonds, 93/9 #63, PHO 437
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