At the 1971 Paris Air Show, the gleaming fuselage of a McDonnell Douglas jet serves as a backdrop to the era's international reach. A row of stewardesses, dressed in the sharp, mod silhouettes of the early seventies, stands poised alongside a corporate representative. This moment captures the intersection of heavy industry and the burgeoning glamour of global travel. While the man remains unidentified, his presence links the technical precision of McDonnell Douglas to the human elegance of the flight crews who operated these machines. The airline logos—KLM, SAS, and UTA—painted across the metal skin of the aircraft, represent a world increasingly connected by the very engineering the Haushalter family witnessed through their professional ties, turning the tarmac at Le Bourget into a stage for the modern age.
Doris stands with her arm on June's shoulder, June with spring of flowers in hand and other hand on Rex's back near the drive on the Haushalter farm, c. 1921
Doris leans into Rex, a black and white dog, with Carl Stunick on the other side, all in front of apple tree on Haushalter farm, July 1921; both kids in rounded-top hats and white clothes
Doris standsin distance by a very old apple tree on the Haushalter farm by the drive in a dress with bow in hair c. early 1920s; she's holding an unknown object
Doris in coat and hat with black and white dog on Haushalter farmhouse steps c. 1922; she wears a coat over a white dress with black stockings, a round hat with striped ribbon on her head
Doris Haushalter standing next to side of enclosed Haushalter farmhouse porch, summer c. 1918; she has a doll in her arms and is standing in front of a flowering shrub
Standing amidst the towering stalks of a Water Valley cornfield, Charles Haushalter (1880–1963) in his seventies possesses a sturdy presence amidst the crop he has spent a season tending. The mature corn, heavy with tassels, marks the height of the growing season—a moment of seasonal culmination.
In this studio portrait, Edwin Charles Casler (1918–2007) wears the uniform of the U.S. Army Air Corps, a sharp departure from his days playing infield for the Albany State Teachers' College baseball team. The soft-focus lighting captures a young man poised between the sounds of the Minoa railroads and the responsibilities of a warrant officer. It is a moment of stillness before a life defined by service.
