Albert Brooks

Little is known

According to the 1930 US Census, Albert lived at home at that time. The 1940 US Census indicates that near the age of 19 years, he was sent to live at the Pownal State School in New Gloucester, known as the Maine School for the Feeble-Minded until 1925. This institution closed its doors in 1996 after name changes from Pownal State School, to Pineland Hospital and Training Center and, finally, Pineland Centre.

The institution that became Pineland had, at its largest in the late 1950s, housed some 1,700 residents, some hundreds of staff at any time, and approximately 50 buildings. Its imposing campus served many needs: care and treatment of persons with mental retardation, a place for orphans, unruly youth, or those too poor to live elsewhere, and care and treatment of youth with psychiatric needs.

To-date, June 7, 2012, the fate of Albert has yet to be discovered.