Dining hall, Pownal State School, ca. 1937
Contributed by New Gloucester Historical Society
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Girls and women in the dining hall at the Pownal State School in New Gloucester.
The facility for developmentally disabled persons, operated by the state, by the late 1930s served more than 1,000 patients, had some 50 buildings on its campus, and had a staff of 200.
Other Information
- Title: Dining hall, Pownal State School, ca. 1937
- Creation Date: circa 1937
- Subject Date: circa 1937
- Town: New Gloucester
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 17 x 24.5
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
New Gloucester Historical Society
PO Box 531, New Gloucester, ME 04260
(207) 926-3260
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LC Subject Headings
Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
Pineland Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
Pineland Farms, Inc. (New Gloucester, Me.)--History
Hospitals--Maine--New Gloucester
Dining rooms
Mental institutions--Maine--New Gloucester
Eating & drinking
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)
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