Casler Boy Contemplates Milk Separator c. 1951
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- Title
- Casler Boy Contemplates Milk Separator c. 1951
- Description
- Here, a young Casler crouches on the checkered linoleum of the laundry room, his gaze fixed on the mechanical marvel of the De Laval cream separator. The handwritten note describing his "contemplation of the mysteries" perfectly captures the intersection of childhood wonder and the heavy, cast-iron reality of dairy farming. This is not merely a domestic snapshot, but a portrait of a child being raised amidst the tools of stewardship. As the separator worked to process the farm's output, it provided the backdrop for a generation of the Haushalter-Casler lineage to grow up intimately acquainted with the labor and the machinery that sustained their family's fifty-acre legacy.
- Date
- 1951
- Spatial Coverage
- The Farmhouse
- Creator
- Unidentified
- Format
- silver gelatin print
- Rights
- Courtesy of the Haushalter-Casler Family Archive
- Referenced By
- John Casler The Farmhouse
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