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Item 54840

Murray Tablets, Fairfield, ca. 1945

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1945 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 17582

Pack basket, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1920 Media: Wood, canvas

Item 23926

Three residents, Pownal State School, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: New Gloucester Media: Photographic print

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George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls

George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.