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Richard Turcotte: Remembering Pownal State School

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View of Pownal State School, 1939

View of Pownal State School, 1939

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This view of Pownal State School and some of the grounds is an almost idyllic landscape scene, suggesting Turcotte's fondness for the school that had been his home for 14 years when the picture was taken.

The year the picture was taken, Pownal State School had more than 1,000 patients, 200 employees, and 51 buildings.