Mr. Alcott's room in Fruitlands

Here is a look inside one of the rooms at Fruitlands. The goal of the agrarian commune Fruitlands was to create a pacifistic utopia wherein residents could live, work, think, and exist with nature.

Members of Fruitlands were strict vegans who wore linen clothes and ate only fruits and vegetables. Because many on the commune were philosophers rather than farmers, the experiment only lasted seven months.

Today, the land is home to the Fruitlands Museum. The image notes of the despair Alcott suffered following the closure of Fruitlands.