Poore Farm Historic Homestead Slide Show

The Poore Farm Historic Homestead and Museum represents one family’s life in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, from the 1830s to the 1980s.

By Joel Laino

Feb 14 2013

Kitchen table still life.

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Poore Family circa 1880s.
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Autumn leaves on the porch of the main house.
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Poore Farm Homestead overview.
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Collection of buttons in antique jars line the windowsill.
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A bedroom scattered with vintage linens and clothes.
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An old dress form in one of the bedrooms.
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A receipt written to J.C. Kenneth Poore from 1919 laid on a dresser with wooden hairbrushes.
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A row of long johns hang in stark contrast against the weathered barn walls.
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Horseshoes and tools fill the interior space in a small section of the barn.
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Kenneth Poore at his home circa 1970.
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Coffee tins along a shelf in the kitchen.
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Kitchen table still life.
*Photo Credit : Laino, Joel*

The Poore Farm Historic Homestead and Museum represents one family’s life in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, from the 1830s to the 1980s. Located in northern part of the Granite State, it’s a tangible place where caretakers have preserved this important legacy per Kenneth Poore’s wishes. Photographer Joel Laino captured the home and contents showcasing the beauty of a simple life.

Read an article from Yankee Magazine about the Poore Family Farm.

To learn more about Poore Farm, please visit their website: www.poorefamily.net/

To see more of Joel Laino’s work, visit: lainophoto.com