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I Found An Abandoned Farmer’s House Filled With Vintage Stuff (27 Pics)
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Deep in the woods of rural Maryland lies a house hidden and filled with secrets. A time capsule of a family long gone, this late 1800s farmstead is filled with creepy dolls, antiques, and family photographs. Antique cars are scattered through the thick grass, and in the barn sits an old buggy, all overcome by the elements of nature. Take a tour through the Farmer’s homestead.
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The overgrown exterior and outside of the farmhouse
The living room
An old pram in a bedroom
A child’s bedroom
1950’s time capsule kitchen
The dining room
Hallway to the living room
Old family photographs
The master bedroom
Doll head in a vase
Bookshelf in the living room
Dollhouse in a bedroom
An old dollhouse
Inside the bathroom
Books and a record
A family portrait
A pram with a doll
Inside another bedroom
Old clothes on a dresser
Baby doll in a pram
Skates in a closet
Indoor porch
Wedding dress hanging from a door
An old photograph of the farmstead
Buggy in the barn
A car in the tall grass
A car in the bush
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I dunno...a lot of this looks staged to me
Could be, I thought that the clothing and dolls looked a bit staged.
People go into these places all the time to steal or take pictures. Stuff gets thrown around and put into places for "fun". So it might be staged, but not necessarily by the photographer.
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Absolutely staged 100%. We are talking Maryland and the way that house looks everything would have been covered in moss and bugs. Houses get eaten quick with the moisture there.
The quilts would be rotted piles of goop.
It was the condition of the bedclothes that yelled FAKE to me. Hell, my bed doesn't look that pristine!
Yes, I have his book "American Decay" and my impression is that there is some staging in most of the photographs, but it's well done and enhances the work.
It kinda looks like the farm house at my family's farm. It's a working farm, but not a working farm house. This might not even be abandoned.
You could be right. There were a lot of inconsistencies - the cleanliness of the master bedroom, for instance; that quilt should have been rotted to nothing, esp. since it looks like this place was abandoned in the 1970s.
The place was probably abandoned in the early 2000s: note the George Foreman grill in the kitchen and the silver VCR/DVD combo unit in the living room.
Good point. I was going by the Steve Lawrence album.
I'm convinced that it's staged. The person who took these photos is a photographer who sells prints of very similar other houses with the same looking staging.
Could be, but if not? How does this happen? Did the entire family die at once?
That was my first thought too... looks a little staged... like for some artsy reason
It is too bad that the photographer -- or his/her cronies -- so obviously interfered with their subject prior to photographing the scenes. Too many "perfect" settings and too little dust and clutter.
The most recent book in the pics at least is from 1968; i would figure a half century of abandonment would lead to a lot more mold and water damage throughout. But the VCR and CRT TV in the living room indicate this place was last lived in sometime in the 90's or early 2000's. Also, in the photo of the skates, the vintage box of WP22 electric fence insulators is right next to some very newish paint/stain buckets.
Likely some seniors lived in the home until they died, and they had no family to even check in and deal with their stuff. It is very common for seniors to have the majority of their possessions be 30-40 years old, and then one or two new things. I think your assessment of it being abandoned in the early 2000's is probably correct. There would be more structural damage/rot if it had been longer.
They would not have a BLINDINGLY WHITE TOWEL and dust-free porcelain, in a room where the moisture has peeled the paint off the ceiling. A bit too obviously staged or 'improved'. Also the grass outside is neglected but it only takes a year or two to reach that stage --- decades would have turned it into a thicket of brushes not grass.
All those toys around though! Looks like there were kids living there.
TV kind of looks like what my mom purchased in late 60's. Vacuum cleaner looks about that too because they tried to make everything different colors back then. Phone is about mid to late 60's too because of the shape and color. Before then all phones were black. Black serving tray in kitchen is also from around then. We had one just like it. And yes, some of this looks a little too clean. The linens would be dusty and moldy. Also, just wondering. Did they worship Steve Lawrence?
I dunno...a lot of this looks staged to me
Could be, I thought that the clothing and dolls looked a bit staged.
People go into these places all the time to steal or take pictures. Stuff gets thrown around and put into places for "fun". So it might be staged, but not necessarily by the photographer.
Correct
Absolutely staged 100%. We are talking Maryland and the way that house looks everything would have been covered in moss and bugs. Houses get eaten quick with the moisture there.
The quilts would be rotted piles of goop.
It was the condition of the bedclothes that yelled FAKE to me. Hell, my bed doesn't look that pristine!
Yes, I have his book "American Decay" and my impression is that there is some staging in most of the photographs, but it's well done and enhances the work.
It kinda looks like the farm house at my family's farm. It's a working farm, but not a working farm house. This might not even be abandoned.
You could be right. There were a lot of inconsistencies - the cleanliness of the master bedroom, for instance; that quilt should have been rotted to nothing, esp. since it looks like this place was abandoned in the 1970s.
The place was probably abandoned in the early 2000s: note the George Foreman grill in the kitchen and the silver VCR/DVD combo unit in the living room.
Good point. I was going by the Steve Lawrence album.
I'm convinced that it's staged. The person who took these photos is a photographer who sells prints of very similar other houses with the same looking staging.
Could be, but if not? How does this happen? Did the entire family die at once?
That was my first thought too... looks a little staged... like for some artsy reason
It is too bad that the photographer -- or his/her cronies -- so obviously interfered with their subject prior to photographing the scenes. Too many "perfect" settings and too little dust and clutter.
The most recent book in the pics at least is from 1968; i would figure a half century of abandonment would lead to a lot more mold and water damage throughout. But the VCR and CRT TV in the living room indicate this place was last lived in sometime in the 90's or early 2000's. Also, in the photo of the skates, the vintage box of WP22 electric fence insulators is right next to some very newish paint/stain buckets.
Likely some seniors lived in the home until they died, and they had no family to even check in and deal with their stuff. It is very common for seniors to have the majority of their possessions be 30-40 years old, and then one or two new things. I think your assessment of it being abandoned in the early 2000's is probably correct. There would be more structural damage/rot if it had been longer.
They would not have a BLINDINGLY WHITE TOWEL and dust-free porcelain, in a room where the moisture has peeled the paint off the ceiling. A bit too obviously staged or 'improved'. Also the grass outside is neglected but it only takes a year or two to reach that stage --- decades would have turned it into a thicket of brushes not grass.
All those toys around though! Looks like there were kids living there.
TV kind of looks like what my mom purchased in late 60's. Vacuum cleaner looks about that too because they tried to make everything different colors back then. Phone is about mid to late 60's too because of the shape and color. Before then all phones were black. Black serving tray in kitchen is also from around then. We had one just like it. And yes, some of this looks a little too clean. The linens would be dusty and moldy. Also, just wondering. Did they worship Steve Lawrence?