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Description
A view of the barns of the Valley Farm, part of the Pownal State School for persons with developmental disabilities.
The school began in 1908. The farm provided milk and beef to the facility. It was shut down in 1967, almost 30 years before the facility was closed.
About This Item
- Title: Valley Farm, Pownal State School, ca. 1945
- Creator: Richard J. Turcotte
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: New Gloucester, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 9 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2339, Box 1
- Collection: Richard Turcotte collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Farms--Maine--New Gloucester
- Mental health--Maine
- Pineland Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
- Pineland Farms, Inc. (New Gloucester, Me.)
- Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
- Psychiatric hospitals--Maine
- Sanatoriums--Maine
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