Abandoned Store Left in 1963 | Everything is Still Inside | Time Capsule | Destination Adventure
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
- I Have been so lucky to explore some extraordinary places in my lifetime, but few even come close to this one. This is the 153 Mile Store, and it has sat perfectly preserved - full of unsold merchandise - since the day it closed in 1963. I grew up just down the road from this location, so I was always aware of it, but it was so much more than I ever expected. Its rare that you get to see old artifacts in good condition, but this store is FULL of artifacts in literally brand new condition. This store opened in 1900 and ran until 1963, when the owner died in the store behind the counter. Shortly after that, the doors were closed and locked and it has sat just the same ever since. The calendar behind the counter is still on the month and year that she died in the store. The store is located on a working ranch, so it has been kept in remarkable condition from the current owners of the ranch, but there has not been intention to open the store for public sale since the day that it closed.
I am really honoured to have the chance to make this video for my community, my city and for the family members that have been involved in this amazing piece of history and story. People have always said that I am an old soul, and I would have to agree. I thoroughly enjoyed interviewing and chatting with some folks about a story that came and left, years before my parents were even born.
This video could have easily been much longer, just because there is so much to see and learn, and the interviews were so interesting for me. I will be putting a bunch of extra content onto the Patreon page, because I want to share this all with you. If you want to learn or see more, or you just want to support the channel, please head over to the Patreon page. It really helps me out. / destinationadventure
Thank you to every single person that has supported on Patreon so far.
Kudos to the local people that kept this place pristine and free from vandalism.
Much respect!!!
Meticulously preserved and what a wonderful job of taking care!! Kudos!!
I was wondering how everything was so clean and sparkly. I expected a huge layer of dust over everything! Way cool.
the amount of dusting is terrifying!
Yeah if it was in LA or NYC it wouldn't have lasted a month without being Vandalized.
It says a lot about the quality of the people in this area. Everything is still there! If this store had been literally anywhere else the valuable goods would have been stolen, other items smashed for fun, and the building vandalized or burned decades ago.
Yeah that would sure suck!!! I love old history like this,,it's too bad the new generation don't care they have no idea what they're missing out on
No dust or decay , mold or mildew like you see in videos of abandon places. That's what is so amazing to me.
This is awesome
I don't think this store is truly "abandoned"... The owners still tend to the place, making sure everything is in its place... The front door even had a fresh padlock on it...
Do you realize the value of all that stuff in there... Like the "classic" books... They were classic in 1963... They're considered antiques now... All that stuff in its original packaging... Yeah... They don't use the store... They keep it there as more of a memorial... But it is maintained...
What a Kool old store
Hi, I am a Taiwanese. I do believe that the boxes with the Chinese characters mean the highest quality of loose tea leaves with the brand name ( larger characters).
It's right next to the coffee too.
Thanks for your input!
I was going to say tea as well.
Thankyou.
Thank you.
As a picker who goes to estate sales, flea markets and basically anywhere I can find antiques, I cant help but see big dollar signs everywhere in there.. it's so amazing that the caretaker kept everything there, untouched and that he didnt succumb to the temptation of selling some of the high value stuff. You wont find another shop like this anywhere in the world. Mad respect to him and the community.
I hear you. American Pickers came to mind while watching. Also respect that everything has been preserved...
everything in there is high value
Maintaining, dusting, and preserving this store is truly a labor of love.
...all which makes it truly not abandoned.
@@CProgression Exactly. It's misleading to call it abandoned.
I was wondering why no cobwebs and dust bunnies.
@@darlenegriffith6186 I'm sure it had to be owned by the family but yet forgotten and abandoned by the family for a significant amount of time to be that well preserved. I think dusting and cleaning would have happened recently. He did say that he grew up right down the street and was surprised to find out of it's existence. This goes to show how it must have recently been uncovered and talked about for him to just now find out about it. And I agree with what others have said about having a locals having amazing respect for private property.
@@CProgression It would be more accurate to call it a museum.
Respect to the current caretakers for doing such a fine job of taking care of it.
beautiful preservation
You know that someone has dusted and cared for that place. Sixty years doesn't pass without leaving a thick layer of dust. That place is as spotless as when they closed the doors, probably more so.
Yup. Somebody's keeping the dust and bugs away.
@@practicalman45 it tell u right in d beinning
That place had to have
3 new roofs since '63 and the interior cleaned every month or so. Glad they took the time to preserve it.
A heel is a jerk.
I absolutely loved this store. I'm a few months shy of turning 74, and i remember most of these items from childhood. No such thing as a supermarket then. Everything was purchased through small, neighborhood stores like this, or similar. I miss those days. Totally different world.
Amazon must be stopped
My grandma called those stores the dime stores or 5 & 10 cents stores.
@@beanetricemcdaniel6853 Yes..that's what they were commonly called all over the country. My favorite store!
Me too
Our museum at Frenchman butte Saskatchewan just did a replica of the hamlet’s general store. Many items were from the original store.
This was an excellent video. Good job done. All our families needs from babies, adults livestock, groceries, trading items for gold was in that store. A treasure to behold.
Not even a speck of dust. Truly remarkable how well maintained this has been. Very thankful to all owners, past and present, for preserving this so well. I hope it stays this way for many years to come.
I wish someone had preserved a 1950-60 Woolworth’s variety store in the States like this. Thanks for the memories.
That was the family treat on a Sunday. Go to Woolworths. Poke around to see what they had and have a quick bite in their little cafeteria. Amazing hot dogs on grilled buttered buns. Kmart used to have the same as well. Now we have stupid Wal-Mart.
When I was a kid they had a Woolworths that was so so old all dark wood stained with creaky worn floors it was Woolworths five and dime. So old...I loved that store when I was a kid ..so many things all in small glass partitions...do amazing to see this place..wow
There’s actually a Woolworth still opened with that style in an antique mall in Bakersfield CA
@@jeremygaillard5924 l don't know
@@macdre6392 Thanks, I googled it, and it's gorgeous. I need to add this to my bucket list, being the last 5&10 luncheonette counter.
Wow! Great job everyone. - Roger so happy that you have kept good care of it all, Great to see you Willy, Shirley and Barry. Dustin, I worked at the 53 for two summers in my teens. I was actually there the day Lil left us. Very traumatic day for this teenager, My Dad and my Aunt worked there when they were young when it was a road house. Roger, your Mom showed me through it one day after she started caring for it and I have a nice picture of her standing by the counter somewhere. I will look for it for you. On the wall of new shoes there was my name on one of the boxes , a pair of little girls shoes. My Mom used to buy Marjorie Hamilton dresses there. So many happy memories of that place both before and after I worked there. I remember Lil taking me and my Mom across the road to the house across the road to try on dresses. -- Thank you for the wonderful memory
Such a nice comment. I will pass this onto the Patenaude’s.
I love reading comments/memories like this!
wow!!
Thank you for this comment. I would love for this story to be fleshed out a lot more with people's memories and what happened to the people? Why did it close for good? etc... Rare and interesting glimpse back in time to a specific way of life. My grandparents were homesteaders up in Alaska so I grew up on these kind of stories.
I'm so happy you shared memories with us. Thankyou !. This video makes me homesick for the life and town and people I once knew. Yet, it was alot of fun ,🍿
Oh wow, that place needs to be protected, it's priceless. Someone needs to grant a few million to build a museum around it and encapsulate it from the elements.
And from TH-camrs that get grabby while making clips.
no bull shit, that should be done.
That's a GREAT! idea.
i hope they did that!
I agree. The way he "touched" things gave me the eebe jeebes.
After reading some of these comments below, it's very SAD some people didn't read the introduction paragraph from Dustin Porter, of "Destination Adventure". He clearly stated who owns & takes care of this wonderful piece of history. This store is A BEAUTIFUL TIME CAPSULE!!! Mr. Porter, thank you for a wonderful video & the time you invested in this adventure!! Much apricated!!
Thank you. Some people just need a reason to be angry, it's best to just scroll past.
The present owner says they have no intention to sell it, but what about the next owner. It needs to be put on the National Registry of Artifacts so it can never be changed.
@@TheLorileedgood idea
Thank you Dustin for reuniting me with some great memories. In 1958 my dad and I were passing by the store on horseback and it was my 8th birthday. My dad gave me a quarter to go in and buy whatever I wanted, I got the biggest red apple I had ever seen and a bag full of candies. Dad and I shared it all that night by the campfire and called it supper. In the late 70's I took my youngest daughter for a tour of the store for her 6th birthday but she had to settle on supper at the DQ. in WL. Cheers my friend, Billy in Ladysmith, formally from Tatla Lake.
Awesome story, thank you so much for telling. I’m happy to bring the memories back.
Wow, that takes me back. I remember when I was a kid going to shop at the Hudson's Bay Store in Old Hazelton, BC. My mouth watered every time I saw one of those apples. In those days, apples were the only fresh fruit you could buy most of the year. Oranges and bananas were exotic fruit. Eventually you could get Mandarin oranges once a year and we always looked forward to Christmas morning when their would be a box of Mandarins under the tree. I'm going to have to stop at 153 Mile on one of our trips north, now!
I'm from Kispiox Valley, the land that time forgot! Our phone was a crank phone, similar to the ones in your video, but a lot taller and screwed to the kitchen wall.
I love this memory!!
Wow a quarter....I was rich then. A dime was a lot. LOL
What wonderful memories. sigh 😌What kind of candy 🍬 was it in 1958?I was born in 57 and the earliest candies I recall are licorice records, hot dog bubblegum, flying saucers, 🛸 Chum Gum, Mary Jane's, Horehound Drops and Gumdrops. What other candies do you remember from the 50s and 60s?
Don’t know what algorithm brought me here but, this was awesome!! How amazing the condition everything is in. It may not be an official museum but, it is a monumental freeze-frame from the past.
Lol, me too. I was at a vintage record store yesterday..that's the only thing I can figure out.
My God, I could spend a week in that store looking through all those things. That is absolutely incredible.
pretty amazing. Like my idea of a great date, is to go to an office supply store! There's some things I wish I had, that are so old, it probably could be found in this store!
I was thinking the very same thing while watching this....I hope they can make it into a museum. I would make a special visit to see it.
me too, i was and will look to see if they allow us to look in it! i love stuff like this!
Better leave it alone.., for the sake of some spirits from 1963 which may still be dwelling in there 🎃
@@truthmatters5170 the only spirit would be Claire's daughter, who died right there behind the counter...
And I think she'd be pleased to see people admire their history...
Quite possibly one of the best abandoned videos I've ever seen. This time capsule is a holy grail of explorers. Absolutely stunning!
What I appreciate the most about this video is that you can really see that someone cares so much for the store, they keep it so clean and dust free, even though everything is old it still looks shiny and new
Well obviously someone continues to maintain the store. No way any of that stuff would have survived half a century to looters, vandals, and modern day useless youth.
@@LynxStarAuto They keep it clean and have added items so I would not consider it a true representation of a store from 1963. More of a museum.
@@LynxStarAuto Exactly, I can't go three days without dust build up, let alone 58 years. That place has been cleaned and maintained frequently, it's spotless.
@@danvanderputten376 Keep in mind... with no people, there is little dust. A HUGE majority of dust comes from people (dead skin flakes, ingress/egress, etc.)
@@supermike0822 I think dust is 75% human skin
The card motto "Time wounds all heels" is a play on the saying "Time heals all wounds". A heel was a cad, a person who does other people dirty on a consistent basis.
Crumbling education system for zoomers and millennials today. Zero knowledge of history. Zero common sense instilled in them
kinda like trump was
@@shots2 comment out of place, thank you!
@@ronchatex2867 and so are you... tell miami swl radio the same thing or STFU
This looks like a setup. Everything is so clean, not a speck of dust. This store may be original but someone is cleaning the place.
Did not anyone watch the end of the video? Thanks to Jenny Lloyd Wright the store was cleaned.
The paper goods looked like reproductions because only trace yellowing seen. Maybe the shop was filled with nitrogen and sealed so many yrs ago. Also, lots of the items predate the '60s by decades. A bit odd.
@@daveluehr8685 Jenny did a FANTASTIC job cleaning! That's museum quality.
@@susancorvalan6765 Yes, I too noticed that very few paper things were yellowed. My grandmother, who was born in 1890, left tons of paperwork and books from that era. When she died in 1991, I went through lots of her stuff, and it was in much worse condition than the things in this video. I don't know how the paper things in this store could have survived so well.
@@theclearsounds3911 Sunlight exposure, lack of handling, and moisture plays a big roll.
Absolutely amazing..a real and authentic time capsule. The items in there will never ever be seen again. Hats off to who preserved the shop. Good video 👍🇬🇧
I was 3 years old when this store closed, but I remember well similar stores in the southern US, many of which survived well into the 1970’s. A lot of customers ran a tab and couldn’t pay “until the crops came in”. There was nothing like walking into one on a hot summer’s day and grabbing a cold bottle of Coke from one of the old slide top coolers and popping the top on the side opener. I wish more had been preserved like this one, but we don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone, I guess.
There's an old gas station in my town that has old pictures of this area from decades past. An old man that graduated high school around here in the early 60's runs it, and boy can he tell some stories! And he runs a tab for some of the farmers here, too.
Amen to that. I lived in the south, grew up in the country. Within three miles of my home, there was five country stores where you could buy anything from overalls to bologna to fertilizer, kerosene, gadoline, tools. Many of my neighbors ran a tab, and paid when harvest time came. Those slide top Coke coolers had water in them to cool the Cokes. Days past, but not forgotten.
This reminds me of a small gas station a short distance from where I grew up. My dad and I would go down to get a newspaper and cigars for the neighbor once in a while. Years later I rented some farm ground from the owners son and always enjoed the stories he told. Good times.
Why can't someone bring these back? Why can't they bring back the soda fountains?
I never understood why the automotive industry has the ability to produce the style of a car from 1950 but only the body all of the rest of the car can be modern. Why can't they do that? People could have a choice of driving whatever year of car that they choose.
My husband's grandmother ran a little store and gas station in a holler in West Virginia. When he opened the door I could smell that store all over again. What a great memory. Nothing like those little stores.. :)
It’s amazing no one ever vandalized this place. Canadians are so nice. This building must have been pretty solid and air tight too to keep everything in such great shape
I used to manage an extended stay hotel in AZ. I'd get SO excited when Oct rolled around bc my Canadian "Snowbirds" were returning (most of them were repeats) And, yes, so bummed appx April/May. And your other point is true, too. We'd be hard pressed to find anyone that would even fathom something like that would go not vandalized in the USA. Some homeless person(s) and/or drug addict(s) would have it wiped out & destroyed.
It seems almost certain that they have been cleaning and dusting this place as almost like a family museum. Looking at the merchandize, most of it looks pretty out-dated even for 1963. I am guessing that Aunt Liily was probably hanging on by a thread at that point. With modern highways, faster cars and trucks, mail order catalogues and extended mail service: my guess is that people no longer stopped at 153 very much. It probably made financial sense to close the store after her death. It is great that they preserved it--truly an amazing piece of history from a very beautiful time of history especially in that area.
@@JJosephS1 In the UK, we bust up abandoned places like this. It's called New Wave Urbex Smash genre exploring.
@@PreservationEnthusiast that's gay
@@88_TROUBLE_88 No it's New Wave Urbex Smash genre explore. We completely smash the crap out shit. Throw toilets down stairwells etc.
This shows the real quality of those items back then compared to today. People actually cared about what they produced and sold to their public. Definitely a time capsule worth preserving.
I was 8 years old when this closed. No telling how many folks that passed through them doors who are no longer with us.
This place is a real gem! It really ought to continue to be preserved.
For all intents and purposes it's an Americana museum.
“Abandoned” is a pretty creative way to describe a place that has obviously been painstakingly cleaned and meticulously staged to look original.
I hate these type of misleading titles . Its not a abandoned , its obvious this place was preserved by someone.
I agree with you .... This store IS NOT ORIGINAL and left this way in 1963 ..... all the different "stuff" in there would NOT BE in there from all of those eras .... IF this was actually a vibrant, operational store ..... UNLESS it was a "antiques" type of store to begin with. If not, then this whole store is STAGED and NOT original.
I agree. It looks like it was cleaned and the products were re-arranged and looks too much like random things were placed. If this were original, things would look filthy, blackened, dusty, animals would have destroyed the place and the paper products would have disintegrated. Looks too staged to me.
Yup...that's exactly what I thought the moment he first walked in the door. I am so disappointed in this as I love old abandoned buildings and houses that are left as was at the time of abandonment. This is nothing other than clickbait if you ask me.
always a troll
My dad used to own 'Art's Doorstep Market', which was a 1955 GMC schoolbus converted into a grocery store. In the early to late 60s he would load it to the brim with consumables, and make regular runs up the Yellowhead Highway through to P.G., then back down the Caribou Highway to Kamloops. Many fond memories of riding along with him, perched on my little seat atop the engine box, watching the scenery go by. I remember Aunt Lil would always give me an Orange Crush when we stopped in to deliver her order.
Wasn't Kamloops in the news recently?
You are so fortunate to have such grand memories! Lucky you.
Awesome! Orange Crush was not the same as it is now. Not when I taste it. It doesn't seem like it's as good. But I don't know if that's just me.
i give up, was it?
Ahhh, the young days with my father were also great 👍 the trips to the country side barbecue pit stops, where my father would pick up and drop off a nicely sharpened blade to the butcher he had sharpened for him. Ahhh those were the days ☺️❤️ and the barbecue was awesome
Kind of eerie to see the calendar with the Queen of England on the page as a young girl and now in 2022 she has passed away
This time capsule was amazing..thank you for being so respectful of the store, and a shout out to those who meticulously clean, and care for , all of it...
I am amazed that someone has been dusting the place for 50 years!! Who does that?? Great Grandma OCD!!!!!
Awsome find!!
@@rebeccapettifer6553 well of course it is open to the public,it is a museum!
@@rebeccapettifer6553 ...??? My phone ... the comments... keep jumping to your comment... over and over... don't know why...makes no sense....???
@@rebeccapettifer6553 again
@@rebeccapettifer6553 again
This is insane! As a store owner myself, I'm super impressed with the range of goods for sale, but I'm more impressed that the owners have preserved it as it was for almost 80 years! This is a true treasure.
Subjectively, this stuff may be worth millions of dollars, objectively, it's priceless.
Kudos to the owners🙏🙏🙏
Amen!!!
As a former store owner that went south.. I see a lot of unsold merchandise from decades before it closed that didn't sell.... that was always difficult for us to handle cause we lost money on those stuff.
@@cochinaable I know what you mean. It's a case of knowing your customers to some degree but pretty hard to get it right. My rule was 'If you don't have it you can't sell it'.
I sell online & totally get that. I’ve also inherited things from relatives past over the last 100 years that I’ve sold & see some relative items especially in the medical shelves.
almost 60 years. Your math is bad
"Time wounds all heels." I get it so I guess that shows my age (heel was a colloquialism for an a-hole once upon a time). What an amazing place! We are blessed that the people who own that property appreciated the historical significance of the store and left it as it is. I would love to see it for myself but I highly doubt that will ever happen. That calendar with the picture of the Queen really caught my eye. I hadn't thought of it in decades but years ago, just before we moved to the states, we had one of those. We also had a Bank of Nova Scotia calendar that had the old Dominion flag on it. Dad always hated the Maple Leaf.
Seeing this made me think of that novel by Steven King, 11/22/63 where the time traveler goes back to try and stop the Kennedy Assassination. He frequents a store that is run down in his time and is amazed by how it looked when it was in it's prime. I think family-run businesses are a lot like people. As long as they serve a purpose, they thrive. When we stop living a purpose-driven life we wither as well. That store served a community and unlike a lot of those family owned "mom and pop" outfits, the community it served never gave up on it. They respected it and I imagine loved it like a family member should. How I wish there were more places like this one and more communities that respected their heritage. It almost brings me to tears. Thank you so very much for posting this. I'm not moved very often by a You-Tube video but ya got me sonny Jim...ya got me through the heart. ❤
72 here, and I was going to tell him what a heel was but thought I'd better read the comments first and I see you already did it.
And here I thought it was a play on the saying "Time heals all wounds"
Seeing the "queen" also caught my eye. It reminds that decades ago the plan was in place for her to take over the world and destroy us men. All to boost her ego. Sad times we now live in. Anyways God bless you my friend and wishing you the best
@@cracklingcornbread It definitely is
These young whippersnappers never heard the term "heel" lol.
The fact that EVERYTHING is in pristine condition with no water damage from humidity or even dust is just amazing. They had to have kept up the maintenance regularly for it to survive like that. Really cool
There's a couple of things about that which make me question some aspects of this-- that creamer with the manual still inside-- that manual was pretty dog-eared and faded for a "new" unit, and similarly though a little less so that mixer-- I suspect possibly there were some things that were sold as second hand and showed some use, or maybe got moved into the place for storage by the family. Also, what did she need with three typewriters, at least one of which was positioned in such a way you couldn't really use it as is-- possibly they were spread around the store and at some point someone moved them all into the office? Or family members had typewriters they didn't want anymore and decided to move into the store to get them out of the way. But you're right, the lack of damage from humidity or dust-- seems like there may have been some kind of maintenance done to the place over the years, and a surprising amount of untouched areas, like the cosmetic and pharmacy cabinets, the calendar still on August 1963, etc.
@@Syncopator multiple type writers could be for customers to write things up too because not everyone had access to them. Like an internet cafe for modern analogy. I still have my mom's old typewriter that was her first large purchase when she went to university in 1968, but prior to that time I can imagine they would have been obscenely expensive; im not sure im just guessing.
@@Syncopator Often the old stores had examples of what you could buy. Once you saw it and decided you wanted it the store would order what the people actually would get. So these things could be demonstration models.
Some of these things have been augmented, staged and added to. Still cool, but it's clearly not left "as it was".
@@sticksstuffmichigan1092 yes of course. The very old things have been hidden when new things come in. And later have brought in too the light so we can see the whole history. 🙂
I saw this video by "accident". I then watched the whole video. I couldn't stop watching. It is simply amazing. So wonderful that they have preserved everything the way it is. Thanks for sharing such an amazing historical store!
This is me, I live in the pass I was 14 yrs ok’d then. I remember lots of these items your showing, I never thought I see them again. I wish it was me in their. I wish before I die I was able to go in their and look and just touch some of the things. Touch the doors, door knobs the shelves the floor the counters the chairs the fixtures, and like I said a lot of the products they have out. This was what I called true living back then. I was born in 1949 and I was the lucky one, grew up in the 50s experience some of the 60s that was really really cool like 1963. I’m 71 years old now and poor help but before I die this would be what I wish for is to be able to come into the store. But also it will depend how far off she is from where I live in Fort Worth Texas. I don’t think that my wish will come true but at least I could express what’s in my heart, and believe it or not I would probably most likely break down and cry, one because those years meant so much to me, so much fun joy laughter nothing like it is nowadays. That’s why I live in the past it’s my safety net.✌🏻❤️❤️✌🏻
Anyway Larry, I forgot my point of writing, Go visit this place. Do this for yourself.
Hope you can go Larry. I turned eight in 1963 we were eight kids four boys four girls, life was sweeter than wine then. My oldest brother was born in Christmas eve 1947. He is actually still working running logging equipment he has not retired yet. He loves his job been doing it since he came back from the Vietnam war. They don`t need the money he just cant seem to quit. I think he thinks if he does, he will die soon after.
I am the same age to Larry. I am in poor health too. How lucky we are to have the miracle of the internet! It can take us places all over the world. I'd love to be able to travel too., but hopefully I will see much better in Heaven anyway. God bless!
I feel the same way but about 10 years later.
These are some of your best episodes where you interview locals and they tell the history of the place and the people; professional documentaries for sure.
First of all this store is beautiful, and immaculately clean! So clean!!! There's no way this place has been sealed/closed since 1963, it would have been filled with cobwebs and dust, not to mention moisture damage from the changes of season. Someone has done a lovely job conserving all the wonderful artifacts and merchandise in this store! You would have to be running some sort of climate control in there to keep all this stuff so pristine and nicely preserved. Good job, whoever's in charge of it.
Secondly....go back and let me look at that UKULELE!! It was right under the fur coat and you didn't even notice it! I wanted to see what kind it was. I might have to go back and pause the video and see if I can figure out the brand....18:50 (edit, looking at the white pearloid fretboard, peghead face, binding and soundhole trim I'm guessing it's a Regal or similar brand from the 30's.) Thanks for the tour!
The condition of everything is just amazing. It’s a time capsule of mid century life in Northwestern Canada. I hope no one ever changes that.
This is about 4 hours northeast of Whistler, near the city of Williams Lake, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
One of the most invaluable time capsules in North America. Hopefully, it will stand as such forever.
Good thought but time will insure it don't last forever.
I don't see it as invaluable.
@@ricklodestein1101 That is your blindness, not mine.
@@laurahodges6446 so because we have different opinions or views you think I'm blind? Explain why there is none.
@@ricklodestein1101 You stated that you "cannot see," correct? My response was merely substantiating your own statement. However, I give you an "A" for the hypocritical effort.
Hands down one of the most incredible things I've seen. I could wander that store for days!
I was 7 when that store closed, living in a farm house and playing in the hay loft. Wow. Enjoyed it very much.
As a child and a young adult passed by there so many times! Even stopped out front to stretch our legs. Had no idea that inside was a true museum! Wanderful explore thank you so very much!!!
This is some First Rate Documentary grade work. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this on Discovery, or PBS. Nicely done Sir.
This is far better than either.
Thank you both for the wonderful compliments.
@@Destination_Adventure Agree wholeheartedly with the comments above.
I agree!!!
Absolutely. Great job! And what a treasure this place is. August 1963... President Kennedy was still alive. Total mind bender.
I am amazed no signs of mice or other rodents. They typically take over any unused space. They did an amazing job of keeping it like a museum.
What an absolutely unique place - I have never heard of or seen such perfect time capsule! Thanks for sharing, D, super cool.
Beautiful piece of history, so well preserved! Credit to the community for caring for it all.
I like how anything he picks up or moves or touches goes right back where he found it. Shows respect.
I actually cringed whenever he touched anything. A place like this is to look only and not touch everything and keep picking stiff up and not keep trying to see if "stuff still works", so I found him not showing respect personally and of course hes gonna put it back where he found it he's on camera and the person who owns all the stuff is probably right there as well
@@misguidedangel6550 yea, I didn’t like how he put his hands on things. What if the owners never touched anything since 1963? I found it a little disrespectful.
@@ywrry5088 It says in the description the owner died behind the counter in 1963 so nothing has been touched since then. If the whole town near knew about it then someone would ransack it to make some money
My heart tightened and an arrow went through it when any item was touched. I had to stop watching the video as it bothered me too much. I would love to look at but not handle any item in this box of frozen time.
@@danielledune261 my god..... he did show respect, at any time this could get turn into dust.... Nothing is for ever...
Nice how the locals keep it so clean. No dust anywhere, no spider webs. Pretty cool. Good job townies!
It is an honest-to-goodness documentary on something very few have seen. Really well done, Dustin! and thanks to the family who preserved it so well over this lifetime
Did not realise it was a museum. Was wondering why it was so clean and dust free. Good job everyone. I love seeing these time capsules. You can imagine everyone working there way back when. 🙂. Thank you for this ‘space’ in time. God bless.
ITs not a museum!! Its private and not open to public.
An amazing & rare historic gem!
Is SomeOne guarding & protecting this precious Landmark? The way the world is today, I am surprised it has not been robbed & destroyed by common Vandals.
I hope No One ever disturbs this wonderful soulful family History. Thank you for respecting & sharing💚
Having calendars and such printed especially for each business was actually common place up to the 90's.
This place should be a protected historic building for sure. Amazing that the people kept this so pristine! I have to admit to practically drooling because I collect antique and vintage cosmetic items. This stuff is what we call NOS New old stock. It’s worth high dollars!
Can you imagine what people would pay for this stuff? I hope it stays the way it is though. Everything is in such great shape. What an amazing time capsule. Thank you for sharing and for the people that let you have a look around.
I get all the vintage American balloon tire bicycle stuff
There must have been a few dollars worth of stock that they just left there. The family must have been doing OK or there were just no customers any more.
There are some 1960's gillete razors that, if in the right condition, will bring a lot of money. I dont know if anyone else noticed that National Hockey League board game... Back when Toronto was still great! (Last cup win was 1967)
That needs to be a preserved museum--next best thing to a time machine.
Those calendars were a common gift from stores and supply companies back in the day . They would give you a new one each year . Many companies still do this today. They hope you will put it in your home, office or workshop and thus see their name often and when you need something you will call them out of convenience.
So true. Not done often now cause people use their phones to keep up to date on things.
We get them in the first local newspaper of the year. They have ads from local shops and pictures of public buildings such as city hall or the post office. I hang it up. Also our health food coop hands them out.
LOL, simpler times back then it was exciting to get the new calendar. Not to mention the Sears Xmas wishlist catalogue.
@@goleafsgo8496 Yoi can look it all up to this day. Google Sears Wish Book, (whatever year) and pops right up.
Large libraries in big cities have them hard copy, as I understand it.
Everything in that place is priceless , I think that's so cool that local and visitors have left that place as they found it so cool .
How much do you think all of that is worth though? They're some pretty rare stuff in there.
Wow. Reminds me of my nana’s store. I worked all summer there and the stuff you were showing brought back lots of memories.
I live in Ontario. I’m 79 this year and this just brings everything to life again. Thank you
Awesome Mary, continued good health and Thanks for posting. Your connection and others like you to our past is something we are slowly loosing as time passes. I've always thought your era (my Mom is 81) was such a great time to be alive. The world was a much gentler place back then.
I bet there are historians who have tried to get their hands on that place! The antiques alone are priceless.
a grandma died and her house left intact for decades, without roof leaks the interior was identical to how it was left when opened recently, no flaking paint, canned goods sitting just like they were left... moisture is the biggest enemy of abandoned stuctures, direct sunlight is next and rodents of course, if those 3 minimal then not much will change over decades...
Some of the items really surprised me. I wasn’t expecting the store to have such a wide variety of merchandise. What a treasure!
We had an "abandoned" store near my first home. It was a neighborhood store, literally a store-front made from a house. The lady who owned and ran the store for decades had a spat with the township because of traffic-routing or something like that. She closed the store one day (ca. 1961) and no one ever saw it re-entered. I am pretty sure she retained possession and payed the taxes, however. I remember asking my mother and grandmother to walk me over there to look in the windows repeatedly over the years. It was extremely dusty inside with progressively dirtier windows as time went by. I remember seeing kid's toys still hanging on racks -- of interest to a small child, naturally. There were cobwebs everywhere. The store in this video must have been periodically cleaned over the years or it would be much more dilapidated.
No dust and no cobwebs, everything is so neat and clean.
Somebody goes through great lengths to keep it nice in there.
I also noticed some documents in sheet protectors, and one zip lock bag; neither of these items were around in 1963.
It seems it has been kept as a personal museum/ collection by the owners. It certainly wasn't just closed up and forgotten and left sitting all these years. Everything wouldnt be in such good condition after sitting for 60 years otherwise.
Read the description on the video.
@@TheBlackhawkbrat do you just try extra hard not to pay attention or?
@@lyman135 It's not legit in any way.
That is totally amazing to see history in the 153 mile store left as it was in 1963. I do think it is so important to remind us how it was back in those days and how things have changed now since then. Good to see history being preserved!
This is a true gem. When I saw the Montreal Canadian sweater I need not ask more. Canadian living in North Carolina.
ha its funny canadian staters dont notice this, but actually the first aboat gave it away immediately.
What is "crazee" (as millennials say) is that while you didn't know what a lot of the stuff was, I recognized many of the items, packaging, medical supplies, etc. because we had them in our house when I was growing up. To you they're alien, but those of us who bought and used a lot of that stuff are still here (and not even retired yet). lol
The Halloween masks are the pre-disney monopoly of children's imaginations. The bells Rock...that's workmanship! It is really lovely that the owner's are able to trust their community and are willing to share with you. Thank you! Great job!
PS...He said there were items from Every Era the store was open. That would not be unusual for a locally owned family business.
That's so true! A general store in the town next door closed recently. He still had posters from the early 1970s, some of those old plastic Halloween costumes from the 1960s and lots of funny old holiday decorations from as far back as the 1940s. I imagine earlier stuff had been thrown out over time. There were some of those old plastic rain hats from the 40s and 50s there too. I was sad to see them close.
Thank you I was born in 1958 and turned 5 in 1963..I remember the products sold in hardware stores, country stores, Little General and 7-11stores. The radio and television ads promoting some of the goods we got a glimpse of.😊😊😊
Simply amazing. I really hope they preserve this forever.
I was six in 1963 so that brings back some memories for me from my childhood thank you.
I really wish one could actually still order the quality outfits and workclothes they had in those catalogues.
And at those prices!!
Try a different source.
Dickies, Redkap, etc
Duluth trading company is pretty good quality
In the past I was given coats that had to be 40 or 50 years old but still like new , from back when all the zippers where made of metal.
This place is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! A time machine of retail history
How did they make a living after they closed the store and how did they keep vandals out? What an antique treasure of the past.
A better generation of people! People respected others property.
I'm impressed with how intact the place still is. It's like a museum. The fact that local kids haven't tried to vandalize the place (Punks don't always respect private property), either speaks volumes for the respect the lady had in her community, or the care and security the property owners have put into the preservation and security of the building.
I thought the same thing...how did that store not get robed ?
Great comment
And so nice the place stays intact and in order.
I'm pretty sure that it is a museum of sorts. The glass case with the medicine had one box of each type of medicine - not four boxes of Bayer, three of Excedrine, etc. as one would find in an abandoned store. Also no dust. But it is a great display of how a small store was back then and the variety of stuff they would carry. I liked the catalogs where you could order things. They put a lot of effort into this place!
@@sallymay3643 They are in the interior of B.C. vadelisim and alike just doesnt happen probably because there is no anonaminity there. You spit in the creek and the whole area for a hundred miles knows all about it ten minutes later. You rob something I'm not sure if you would ever get out. Very few connected roads and a lot of wilderness.
@mug wump When I was a kid there was an old store similar to this near our old cabin. Thirty miles from town and just set in an area with lots of small cabins and old small resorts. Crammed full of all sorts of stuff to save a ride into town.
This is so awesome!! That tobacco section reminded me of when I worked at a tobacco shop about 30 years ago. People would ask how it felt to sell death... I'd say "Great! Can I get you anything? No? You sure? Come on, all the cool kids are doing it!" Ah yes, good times!
I was born in 1962, but I can remember receiving one of those tin trains from my grandmother for Christmas one year when she lived in OR.
So much to say about this episode. First off, I was born in 63(that's what drew me to this vid) my oldest brother had a cabin in the area(Horse Fly Lake, I am a BC'er). I remember seeing the store, not realizing what was inside, thinking it was another one of many abandoned historical structures in the Carriboo, not knowing what it was all about. Now I know. What a time capsule, and collection of "new antiques". One of many historical buildings of the Carriboo region in BC. Thanks for this documentary Dustin, this kinda hits close to home. Thanks man!
I'm in awe! That place is my little bit of heaven....I would never want to leave.
Thanks for sharing!
Just imagine someone buying this and reopening it, could make a lot selling these antique items, or making it into a museum. I would like to see this in person.
They should see about having this on the national register of historic places.
I agree historical registry/museum. It's so exciting to see what people used in their everyday lives. I loved the love story behind it all and how the place evolved from a home, inn, store. Lovely thank you!
@@HHunt72389
Very good idea Harold. I would hate to see everything ruined. Such treasures in there.
Reopening and selling the items? You do realize they would be sold out in a week or 2 right?
Amazing the excellent condition of the building's interior and contents. You'd think there would be natural decay after all these years from roof leaks, mold, insects and other pests eating food and paper and all sorts of other things, not to mention human-caused decay from vandalism and theft, but they've managed to keep it in immaculate shape all these decades later.
Absolutely incredible.
Thanks for sharing.
Everything neat, orderly, and dust free. A well maintained museum.
@@ozricstormbringer if you even remotely listened to the video they have people clean it on a regular basis!!!
@@spartarome8807 Why are you yelling?
17:14 Play on words: "Time heals all wounds"/"Time wounds all heels." A "heel" was a person who was unreliable, did bad things to you. "Time wounds all heels" is kind of like karma eventually getting you.
Exactly, well said ... ^v^
I thought " Time wounds all heels" was a John Lennon quote.
You beat me to it Christine, even the Karma reference!
@@keryljensen978 He probably saw the greeting card and plagiarized.
@@AbsenceOfLogic :: Look up Linda Hargrove's music for a country music riff off this line.
Fantastic, thank you for sharing. My grandparents owned and operated a hardware store back in the 60's and early 70's and this brings back many memories. Upstairs was a dance hall, but when I was there as a young boy it was no longer a dance hall, but an imaginary place for a young lad who rode his tricycle around the clutter that was left behind, including an old pot belly stove. In the main store there was plenty to keep the town supplied with whatever they needed. I especially remember the tobacco case. I never smoked, but boy did that tobacco case smell good! Grandma always let me open the old cash register to count the change. I can still remember like yesterday walking on that old hardwood floor and hearing the creaking sound it made. Well, it's no longer a hardware store, but the memories of yesteryear were brought back by this wonderful video with everything still inside, just like someone left at the end of the day to return the next morning. Thank you again for sharing and for allowing me to return to Stearns Hardware once again.
Thanks so much for sharing !.
ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING!!!! I live in Cheadle Village, England, UK and videos like yours really enrich my life as I used to travel the world but due to health reasons I am stuck at home a lot. Fortunately it is modern times so I have the luxury of travelling on line thanks to wonderful films like this. Thank you - I hope you realise that you help people like myself who are stuck inside a lot. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!! This shop is one of the most remarkable places ever. As a retired nurse I was sad that you missed out the middle medicine cabinet !!!!🤣😂💜🧡💗
Looking at this brought back an awful lot of memories. I was 12 in August 1963, living at an aunt and uncle's house in Brewster, NY. Stores such as this were communities outside of populated areas. In. 1971, I was a student teacher in a New Hampshire one room school, which was about a mile up hill from Minnie Nichols store and E.M. Heath Hardwares, which both looked a lot like the place in the video. If they didn't have it you could order it. There was no rush. This was a lifetime ago. This place has an incalculable value.
No rush? Seems like that's a thing of the past. Ever since the invention of the mobile phone, at least.
I'm an '84 model... I still remember when the high speed limit on I-30 here in Arkansas was 65, it's 75 now. But back then, they also had a low speed limit, it was 45. If you couldn't go at least that fast, a state trooper would pull you over and tell you to take the next exit off the freeway. And they could actually give you a ticket for driving too slow on the interstate! 😆
A look back in time to when thing weren't as rushed and hectic, when people still talked with each other at the dinner table, and knew what life was really about. The simple things that made you happy.
And the TV was for the rich. The common folk listened to radio programs. "The Shadow Knows" "George and Gracie" "The Lone Ranger"
when people went around lynching other people because of the colour of there skin, semi joke but true, but i understand what you mean, a very much more simple time.
@@jakedwhite Not a funny joke.. also you should know, more whites were lynched than out of all the “colours” of people.
Yes❣️ I miss the simple times of family values, good morals, trust, honor and decency! For the most part, our present time is scary and sad.
after looking up what you stated about more white people being lynched than coloured people your wrong infact alot more coloured people were lynched than white people
It's magical. A living museum and monument to years gone past ❤️✨
Great video. I love antiques. I saw a brief glimpse of a copper mold in the shape of a fish that I have hanging on my kitchen wall. Awesome.
amazing it’s clear that even though its not operational it’s still being kept clean as I’m not seeing much as far as spider webs or dust in places.
Thank you for this little peek into a wonderful time capsule. I'm 74 years old and change, and I can tell you, seeing all the old products displayed "in situ", as they would've been here locally took me back all the way to my earliest memories.
What a treat! I hope this place can be designated as a museum.
Thank you for filming this.
@glyn hodges She had kept a lot of paper goods, so they might have been hers.
this store is absolutely a person who loves vintage dream!!! That is just so amazing!!! Those shoes etc, every single thing in there is worth a lot of money. That’s a museum
BTW Those irons weren't gas powered. The attached metal reservoir was for water. Those were the early version of today's electric steam irons. Awesome video. Thanks.
Wrong....It was for gas that you lit and it heated the iron. I used one back in my day when we did not have electricity. Before the gas iron we used sad irons which heated on the wood stove.
@@judyhoikka8400 Please let everyone know it was not gasoline.It was a white type fuel.I have three different ones from my grandma and the farm.I even have the funnel in its box they sold to pour it in the iron.I have all of my grandmas cast iron irons. She used them as door stops all around the house all the way up until she passed away.The thing I question about this is there are items from different times,and they are way befor the 60s more like the 40s and 50s.There is a shot of the medicine the aspirin must have been sold by the tablet because the jar is3/4 empty.Also the medicine is from way to early than the early 60s,I dont care how sic I was in 1963 I would not want that medicine from the 40s or 50s.
We had one of those irons also and we did use gasoline. I believe you could use other fuels as well, like kerosene.
@@troyb1733 We had this tiny bottle of olive oil that was for earaches (lol). In the 50's it was still there all sticky & grimy. Nobody even dreamed of a big jug of olive oil in those days.
I remember stores like this. The days when everything came in Glass, Cardboard, Tin, paper or wood. Plastic was rare and not yet many varieties. People were better too. Had pride, Morales, and decency. I miss those days.
To be fair, there’s plenty of people around today with those things , and there was plenty of people around back then that lacked all of those things. Gotta ask yourself if black people were aloud in this store during its hay day ? Probably absolutely not. Different times. But I wouldn’t say it was better times. Not for everybody.
I wish more products now came in glass, cardboard, tin, paper, etc. The amount of excessive plastic packaging everywhere is INSANE.
@@TheMellowGrenade Fair enough. We also need to ask ourselves if the people today are responsible for things, said or done way back when.
I have heard peoole this grouo benefited from it. The truth is, we all have.
@@jamiemcclure8937 I was in Germany in 2010. Beverages were still sold in glass bottles and came in a wooden case. (if you wanted a case) You paid for the bottles once and exchanged them perpetually therafter. It was this way in the US in the 60s.
@@donquihote6023 Yes well now no one wants the hassle of physically doing that so we just end up throwing everything in the landfill. We even have states with no bottle/can deposits which just absurd. Everyone just throws bottles and cans in the trash (or the side of the road). I think at the very least there should be deposits in waaay more things, like bottled water, milk jugs and cartons, bottled and carton juice, etc. Much more would get recycled. I just hate all the one time use plastic packaging on food in the grocery stores too. There's literally plastic on everything except fresh produce.
incredible place. so much history. definitely a white glove touchy-feely place. 👏
Yeah, I was bothered by touching old books without gloves...
The reverance shown to maintain this exceptional bit of history is to be celebrated.
How many people recognized some of these from their childhood? I sure did.
Yeah because you're as old as a dinosaur maybe you should be a national heritage site too
@@jpse2959 and one day, you will be too. Best to get your head around that fact now.
I was born on the date on the calender 2 August 1963. I sure do remember growing up with a lot of those items. In fact have inherited some of them like the old Singer sowing machine from grandmother. Dad had the same lighter and shaving knife and brush, I have not seen the leather strap to sharpen the knife. Sure brings back memories. Interesting to see how many things were the same in different countries. We grew up on Chamberlains cough med as well as some other med on the shelf. We had them in Lennon make though. Still have an old creamer lying in the barn.
@@jpse2959 if you can't be respectful call your mom for some extra lessons.
Too many things from my 60s growing up.
Collectors right now probably drooling while watching this video
I can find buyers for all those items. Its a field day for collectors for sure!
Drooling while trying to climb through the tv screen...Everything in there would sell for an amazing price.
@@cynthiadelacruz6392 I really think they can find buyers as well but this is a time capsule on history and should be made into a museum for public display not for a gready rat to make money on it should be on display for the people could visit and learn history..
Thank you for the respect that you showed to the old merchandise and the lives of those who came before!
I was literally mesmerized watching this. Some of those products took me back to my early childhood. Great video.
Unbelievable store ! I’ve never seen anything like it. Thank you for bringing this story to life.