Contributed by New Gloucester Historical Society
Description
Girls and staff on a playground at Pownal State School in New Gloucester in about 1937.
The facility for developmentally disabled persons opened in 1908. Operated by the state, it included many residence halls, a hospital, laundry, school, two farms and numerous other facilities.
About This Item
- Title: Playground, Pownal State School, ca. 1937
- Creation Date: circa 1937
- Subject Date: circa 1937
- Location: New Gloucester, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 17 cm x 24.5 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Hospitals--Maine--New Gloucester
- Employees
- Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
- Pineland Farms, Inc. (New Gloucester, Me.)
- Pineland Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
- Mentally ill persons
- Students
- Playgrounds--Maine--New Gloucester
- Mental institutions--Maine--New Gloucester
Other Keywords
- Maine School for the Feeble-Minded (1908-1925)
- Pineland Center (1973-1996)
- Pineland Hospital and Training Center (1957-1973)
- Pownal State School (1925-1957)
For more information about this item, contact:
New Gloucester Historical SocietyPO Box 531, New Gloucester, ME 04260
(207) 926-3260
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