Turcotte's view of Pownal State School as a peaceful landscape is continued in this picture of three friends sitting on Adirondack chairs near trees on the grounds of the facility.
The adult residents of the school likely were friends of Turcotte.
The Maine Legislature passed a bill in 1907 to establish "a home for the care and education of idiotic and feeble minded between the ages of three and 21."
However, many of the residents of Pownal State School were older adults, a number of whom probably had resided at the facility since they were school-aged.
