Keywords: German POW
Item 108923
US officer and a German POW officer, Houlton, ca. 1944
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1944 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 10894
German POW painting, Houlton, 1945
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Oil painting
Exhibit
Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad
The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.
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Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
