Haushalter Grandchildren Logging with Grandpa, Nov 1955
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- Title
- Haushalter Grandchildren Logging with Grandpa, Nov 1955
- Description
- As Charlie Haushalter leans over the timber in the Water Valley woodlot, he is wielding more than just a tool; he is wielding a piece of his own history. The two-man logging saw he uses is the very same one that carried him through the rugged logging camps of Idaho at the turn of the century. Having returned to the family farm in 1907 to rescue the farm from the brink of ruin, Charlie brought the hard-won skills of the West back to the soil of New York, carrying with him the quiet regret of the life he had left behind in the Idaho woods. For his grandchildren, this moment of "observing" might serve as a silent lesson in resilience. Through the rhythmic, heavy pull of that old saw, the family's past sacrifices and their enduring commitment to the fifty-acre farm are made tangible, bridging a lifetime of labor and a landscape of shifting identities.
- Date
- November 1955
- Subject
- Charles Heinrich Haushalter
- Spatial Coverage
- The Fifty Acres
- Creator
- Unidentified
- Format
- silver gelatin print
- Rights
- Courtesy of the Haushalter-Casler Family Archive
- Referenced By
- The Fifty Acres Charles Heinrich Haushalter
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