Residents, Pownal State School, ca. 1937
Contributed by New Gloucester Historical Society
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A group of residents on the grounds of Pownal State School, near Hedin Hospital.
The photo, taken in about 1937, was in an album created by Myrtle Daly (later Myrtle Strout), who was a nurse at the state-operated facility in New Gloucester.
Other Information
- Title: Residents, Pownal State School, ca. 1937
- Creator: Daly, Myrtle
- Creation Date: circa 1937
- Subject Date: circa 1937
- Town: New Gloucester
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- 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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Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
Pineland Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
Mentally ill children
Pineland Farms, Inc. (New Gloucester, Me.)
Mental institutions--Maine--New Gloucester
Group portraits
Hospitals--Maine--New Gloucester
People with disabilities
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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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