On the trip back from Creswell last Friday, I took a handful of pictures of old farm structures in various stages of disrepair and neglect.
I manage a trip out to eastern North Carolina about once a week, and I’m always drawn to these proud, but slighted, structures. Usually I just go about my business, driving on home to Raleigh. This past week, I took a few pit-stops along the way, grabbing photos of a few that stood out.
- Gabled Barn Structure – NC
- Barn and Field – NC
- Tobacco Barn – NC
- Farmhouse – NC
- Tobacco Barn with Cupolas – NC
- Abandoned House in the Woods – NC
- House and Dodge Pickup – NC
As a bonus, while taking shots of this old house I came across a rusted out Dodge pickup (Apparently a B-Series from the late 40s to early 50s.)
Dodge Pickup - 1948-1953 - NC
Dodge Pickup - 1948-1953 - NC
Whether we’re talking about houses, or pickup trucks. They sure don’t make them like they used to.
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Nice images. This is why it pays to keep a camera with you wherever you go. I especially like the detail of the Dodge pickup.
Thanks Roger. I’m happy with the way these ones came out, I got a lot more. There’s a variant on the second image with a tractor trailer driving down the road beside it.
It gave me a little bit of a feel for a post peak-oil landscape a la James Howard Kunstler’s World Made by Hand series… Simultaneously inspiring and depressing to see these buildings abandoned, knowing the hard work people put into making them.