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Interview - Mrs. Mabel Hunter

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Listen to the Mrs. Mabel Hunter Interview Here

Creator

Mabel Hunter, Interviewee

Media Type

Audio

Item Type

Audiocassettes

Description

This audio is from a recorded interview with Mrs. Mabel Hunter of Petawawa, Ontario. The interview covers a range of topics including the military life at Camp Petawawa and Mrs. Hunter's work as a telephone operator. Mrs. Hunter was born in 1900, moved from England to Alice Township in 1919 and then to Petawawa in 1920.

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00:00 Introduction
00:17 Moving to Alice/Petawawa Townships
00:30 Working as telephone operator
01:10 Relocation and meeting husband
02:06 Working at military base
02:40 Transportation to Pembroke by train
03:10 General living conditions
05:08 Military camp
05:50 Roads and transportation
06:00 Living at the military camp
07:07 Electricity 1939
08:50 Working as telephone operator
11:20 General living conditions
15:00 Hotels and recreation
16:01 Abrupt end of interview.
This audio has been edited to remove long pauses and silences to decrease playing time.

Date of Original

July 21, 1982

Date Of Event

1900-1982

Playing Time

00:16:01

Subject(s)

Depressions
Education
Interviews
Military facilities
Telephone operators
Transportation

Local identifier

PPL_IV_Hunter

Collection

Len Hopkins Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

Petawawa

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 45.8941466241802 Longitude: -77.2653070788574

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