Charles, Anna and Carl Haushalter by Horse Barn, Summer 1946
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- Title
- Charles, Anna and Carl Haushalter by Horse Barn, Summer 1946
- Description
- In the summer of 1946, as the shadows of the Second World War began to recede, the Haushalter family stood together before the Stewart Truck and Horse Barn, a testament to the enduring continuity of their fifty-acre farm in Water Valley. Dressed in the heavy denim and functional workwear of the farm—Anna and Carl in sturdy overalls—the trio embodies the grit and resilience required to maintain the land. The image captures a pivotal moment of transition: the intersection of traditional animal husbandry and the burgeoning mechanization of the mid-century American landscape. For the Haushalters, this moment was more than a simple family snapshot; it was a quiet reclamation of normalcy and a reaffirmation of their multi-generational commitment to the soil of Hamburg, New York.
- Date
- 1946
- Spatial Coverage
- The Fifty Acres
- Creator
- Unidentified
- Format
- modern reprint of original silver gelatin print
- Rights
- Courtesy of the Haushalter-Casler Family Archive
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