Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Description
Camp Houlton was established in 1944 for the internment of prisoners of war. Prisoners who worked were paid a dollar a day in scrip that they could spend at the post exchange, the base store, for toiletries, tobacco, chocolate and beer.
About This Item
- Title: Camp Houlton PX, 1945
- Creation Date: circa 1945
- Subject Date: circa 1945
- Location: Camp Houlton, Houlton, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 19.4 cm x 24.2 cm
- Collection: Catherine Bell Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Bases
- Detention facilities--Maine--Houlton
- Concentration camps--Maine--Houlton
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners
- Prisoners of war--German--Maine--Houlton--Photographs
- Camp Houlton (Me.)
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For more information about this item, contact:
Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum109 Main Street, Houlton, ME 04730
207-532-4216
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This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. No Permission is required to use the low-resolution watermarked image for educational use, or as allowed by the applicable copyright. For all other uses, permission is required.
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