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Description
A band made up of residents of the Pownal State School in New Gloucester. The band appeared to be dressed for a holiday celebration, possibly July 4.
The photograph is part of an album belonging to Richard Turcotte, who lived at the facility from 1925 until the 1950s.
The institution opened in 1908 as the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded. The name was changed to Pownal State School in 1925, to Pineland Hospital and Training Center in 1957, and to Pineland Center in 1973.
It closed in 1996.
About This Item
- Title: Pownal State School band, ca. 1955
- Creator: Richard J. Turcotte
- Creation Date: circa 1955
- Subject Date: circa 1955
- Location: New Gloucester, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 14.5 cm x 9 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2339, Box 1
- Collection: Richard Turcotte collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Marching bands
- Mental health--Maine
- Persons with mental disabilities
- 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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