I came across this abandoned house in the RM of Perdue, Saskatchewan. I learned that it had belonged to a family named the Millers and appears to have been occupied until the 1970's. Inside were hundreds of photos of the house and family in the 1940's and 50's. Below are a sample of those photos followed by my own photos of the house today.
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circa 1949 |
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Early 1950's. |
The Miller house was almost fully furnished and despite a collapsed living room floor, was almost livable.
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Mr. Miller's home office, 2014 |
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The Miller house, 2014 |
I will be posting more photos from the Miller homestead soon. Old photos showed the Millers with their new car in the 1950's, a car still on the property today. The homestead included numerous sheds, a barn with 2 cars still inside, and early 1950's farm equipment. Why go to a museum when museums are everywhere in the Saskatchewan countryside?
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