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A collection of photographs and diary entries in an album, detailing Mary Elizabeth Fairey's time serving as a civilian nurse to the U.S.A.F. up in the Canadian Yukon. The photographs covers the periods between 1942 with the start of construction on the "Alcan Highway" that stretched from Edmonton, Alberta to Fairbanks, Alaska and its completion in 1944.

Photo: "Dicken's 'Christmas Carol'." Dicken's A Christmas Carol Puppet Show. Dated December 1943. Black and white, original.

Photo: "Lake Bennett." Taken by Taylor Photography. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.

Photo: "A stretch of the highway." Yukon, Canada. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.

Photo: "After church service in rec. hall." Circa WWII. Black and white, original.

Photo: "Alice Watson's grandmother had married a white trapper named Frank Watson. Alice lived with her family in a log cabin about a mile from the Lake that bore their name." Alice in front of her cabin holding the fur of an animal. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.

Photo: From left to right - Capt. Payne, Unknown, Frank Ireland, Maj. Johnston, Lt. Lartz, Carswell, Harold Todd, Stan Hassett, Hurle, Meenes, Spelius, Maj. Dunlap, Baumgartner, K.K. Moore, Carl Bash. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.

Photo: Elizabeth posed with the American servicemen she worked alongside of in the Yukon. Dated 1944. Black and white, original.

Photo: B-24 Liberator on tarmac. Circa WWII. Black and white, original

Photo: B-25 'Mitchell' and P-39's on tarmac. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.