Keywords: vistas and outlooks
Item 81111
Route 198 meets Route 3, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1954
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1954 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs
In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.
