Monday, March 28, 2016

Hasler Pix 1932-68

Art & Hanna Hasler Pix

I have been going through boxes of old pictures from our family

Many we have not seen for over 50 years


Here are some of the best:


They are scanned at 1200 DPI and cleaned up (mostly) and enhanced with Photoshop




Art_Provo_1932




Fritz, Madison, 1940



Sylvia, Bunny Madison 1940


Mom, Sylva, Fritz, Odana Road 1942 Bruce in the oven.



Fritz_Madison_1942



Fritz_Madison2_1942




FritzSylvia_Madison_1942




Fritz_Madison_1943



Hanna Sylvia Fritz Bruce Gramsie_Madison_1943





Arthur, Bruce, Madison, 1943

Lake Mendota, From Negative






Fritz, Bruce, Door County? 1944




Moved to 205 Lathrop St_Madison in 1944
Built by Luella Mortenson.



Sylvia, Madison, 1944




FritzBruceSylvia_Christmas_Madison_1944



HannaSylviaFritzBruce_LivingRoom_Madison_1944.



FritzBruceTrains_Madison_1944




SylviaBruceFritz_Madison_1944 



HannaTwins_Madison_1945




Haslers, 205 Lathrop St, 1945, Twins in arms




 Art, Sylvia, Fritz - 205 Lathrop '45 -  Dad going to war





Hasler children, Madison, 1946



Sylvia Fritz Bruce Galen Mark, Madison, 1946



Galen & Mark, Beef Steer, Madison, 1947


Mark Galen Sylvia, Snow Suits, Madison, 1947





Fritz & Pinocchio Cast, Randall School, Madison 1945



Mark, Galen, Madison, 1945



Haslers_1946




Sylvia, Madison, 1946


Sylvia, Madison, 1946




Art, Fritz, Bruce, Twins, 205  Lathrop St 1947 

Snow Suits in the snow drifts.




Haslers_Christmas_1947




Bruce, Galen, Mark, Madison, 1948



Fritz. Bruce, Galen, Mark, Karl, Madison, 1948


Playing wild indians with rolled up jammers



HaslersThompsons_Madison_1948




Haslers_Madison_1949




Hanna, Sylvia, Boys, Bear Lake, 1949


Hanna & Kids, Yellowstone, Wyoming, 1949

Hanna & Kids, Mammoth Springs,  Yellowstone, Wyoming, 1949


Art Tommy Marie, Tommy Jr, Duck Hunt, Washington, 1949



Tommy Marie, Tommy Jr, Duck Hunt, Washington, 1949





Mark, Galen, Puppies, 1949




Fritz_Provo_1950



FritzBruceHannaKarl_SnowSuits_Madison_1949



Hanna, Karl, Picnic, Madison, 1949

I'll bet that banana was good!

Also a very dirty slide that will take another hour to clean up properly.


Karl, Galen, Mark, Bruce, Fritz, Sylvia, Madison, 1949

1947 brought baby, Karl Gregory (born July 19, 1947), and now we were six. Fritz is the only one that knows you are supposed smile for a picture.



Hanna, SylviaBoys_BearLake_1949


Haslers_Madison_1950


Christmas Schwann Bikes, Madison, 1950

Dad had a deal with Mr. Schwinn himself where he got a special price on bikes. This was the year I got my first two wheel bike, the red one, when I was 10. These were single speed bikes, but they had the fancy new hand brakes not the coaster type on the rear wheel.



Karl, Madison, 1950

Pretty cute on his trike.

This slide is out of focus and totally filthy.

It's so bad that I don't know if I could clean it up in two hours.



Mark, Galen, Puppies, Madison, 1951




BruceMark_Puppies_Madison_1951




Karl and Heidi, Madison, 1951



Haslers, Madison, 1951




Sylvia, Claudia, Dance, Madison, 1951


Ballet was on of Sylvia's great loves. Here she is in our back yard with her partner Claudia Schroeder.




Sylvia, Madison, 1952


Looking down Lathrop Street on a snowy but sunny winter day




Sylvia, Operetta, Madison, 1952


Sylvia is on the right.



Sylvia, Piano, 1952

In 1949 we still had the old upright, but here Sylvia is practicing on her mother's pride & joy a grand piano.






Hasler Boys, St. Joseph's Island, Canada 1952


Hanna, Galen, Mark, 205 Lathrop, Madison, 1952


Frankenthal's Antique Car Hasler Family, 1953

Haslers, Madison, 1953

The “von Hasler Famiy Singers” in front the grand piano at 205 Lathrop Street.

Back row: Galen (9), Bruce (11), Karl (7), Hanna, Fritz (13), Arthur with French Horn. 

At the piano: Sylvia (17), and Mark (9). 

From Sylvia’s bio: “I remember the morning after Daddy had taken Mother to hear the von Trapp family singers (of Sound of Music fame). Mother was ecstatic. I can still see her joyfully telling me in the kitchen the next morning about her delightful evening at the concert. Here was a musical family singing the songs of her heritage. Rehearsals began at once. We sang and performed together a great deal as a family. We endeavored to "out-Trapp" the von Trapps for years. We all sang parts, and I accompanied the German Christmas carols on the piano……. Daddy played French horn in the Madison Civic Orchestra and University Opera Productions for twenty-five years. We attended his concerts and the annual Messiah productions”



Haslers, Madison, 1953



Prusse Women, Provo, March 1954. 

Hanna center with red carnation, Sylvia far left

From left: Sylvia (Hanna’s daughter) Marilyn (Ralph’s wife), Ruth, Carol (Walter’s wife) Judy (Alfred’s Daughter), Hanna, Eveline, Zona (Alfred’s wife), Irmgard, Dorothy, and Granny.  


Hanna and Art knew there would be no August trip to Utah this year as they would be leaving in the Fall to go to Germany for Arthur’s one-year sabbatical to Munich. That meant a Spring (Easter) trip to Utah that brought many members of the Prusse clan together.


Prusse Grandkids Girls, Provo, 1954

Spring 1954: The grownup girls - Alfred's Judy Prusse and Sylvia Hasler

Bottom Row, Pete's Ellen, Ruth's Carol Anne Lundquist,  Alfred's Joan Prusse and Ada Taylor

Help me out: I recognize the older kids, but I am guessing at the younger ones by their apparent ages and the mothers that are present in the picture above.


Fritz Bruce Mark Trout Lake WI 1954  

Fritz as a sumo wrestler?




Arthur_Madison_1954



Fritz, Madison, 1954




Haslers_MunichHouse_1955



HaslersArtHannaFritzBruceGalenMark_205Lathrop_Madison_1955


Haslers, Madison, 1956


Hasler Men, John Merkley, Brighton, 1956


Haslers, Gramsie, Gilbert, Madison, 1956


Haslers, Gramsie, Gilbert, Madison, 1956



205 Lathrop Street, Madison, 1956

Our house from 1944 until dad and Hatheway moved to Shorewood ~1976


Hasler Boys, Rec Room, Madison, Christmas 1956


Art, Madison, 1956



Figure 32: Wedding of Sylvia and Gilbert, Salt Lake City, 1956

Sylvia and Gilbert Lionel Thacher were married in the Salt Lake Temple Sept 4, 1956. Hanna’s first child and only daughter was now married. She only had five boys to go.





Figure 32.3: Sylvia and Gilbert Wedding, Salt Lake City, 04Sept1956


Figure 32.5: Wedding Reception for Sylvia and Gilbert, Madison, 1956

Kappa Sorority House, Madison, Sept 20, 1956




Art & Sylvia Dancing, Madison, 1956

Sylvia & Gilbert Wedding Reception, Madison, 20Sept1956.



Haslers, Gramsie, Trout Lake, 1956
  

Galen, Mark, Lotus, Madison, 1957

Dad the Zoologist had to bring home animals in addition to our pet dog. Over the years we had a boa constrictor, a raccoon and here we had Lotus the skunk.


Galen, Bill Wellington, Steve Erickson, Camp Tichora, 1957



Haslers, Trout  Lake Camp, 1957

Art, Hanna, Galen, Mark, Karl



BruceKarlMarkGalenJohn&LaurelThatcher_Madison_1958



Haslers: Bruce, Fritz, Hanna, Sylvia, Arthur, Karl, SLC, 1958


Art arriving by air?


Most flights those days were bumpy and slow on propeller driven DC-3s


I'm guessing SLC because of the mountains and Sylvia living there.


I'm guessing 1958 because of my (Fritz's) flat top. That would make Karl 11 years old.


I don't know what happened to Mark & Galen, maybe taking the picture.




Sylvia, Laurel, Granny, Hanna, Provo, August 1959. 



Granny, Hanna, Sylvia, Laurel, Provo, 1959

Granny, Hanna, Sylvia, Laurel - four generations - Provo Utah, August 1959.

A much better version of the classic photo above taken in the shade

One of the very best photos we have of mom in middle age.

It only took 30 min with Photoshop to lighten it and clean it up.

I took a couple of nasty mosquito bites off Laurel's face in the process.
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Sylvia with her soon to be eldest (Laurel) of six children.

Hanna with her eldest child, Sylvia, and first grandchild Laurel. 

Granny with her eldest child, Hanna, her eldest grandchild, Sylvia, and her first great grandchild, Laurel.

I had this as 1958, but Laurel is more than three months old..... Sylvia????

Sylvia, Hanna, and Gilbert, Madison, 1960.

Sylvia & Hanna singing, with Gilbert accompanying, Madison, about 1960.

“When I began dating my future husband Gilbert, Mother was ecstatic. Here was an excellent pianist who could sight read anything she put in front of him. Mother would say "Oh, Gilbert's here, he'll accompany us.””




Galen, Mark, Karl, Bruce, Fritz, West Lafayette, Spring1960




Mom, Bruce, Galen, Mark, Karl, Provo 1960? 


Fritz in Germany?




Fritz_Zugspitze_1960




Sylvia, Hanna, Laurel, Granny, Provo, 1960

Four generations: Johanna, Hanna, Sylvia, Laurel




Mark, Galen, Phillip, Pherrel, SLC, 1960

Seeing double double: 


Hasler twins,  Mark and Galen (sons of Hanna Prusse) born 1945 


with Prusse Twins, Philip and Pherrel (sons of Hanna's younger brother Alfred Prusse and Zona) born 1947.


Hasler visit to Salt Lake City August 1960


Note: I have been working closely with the twins' baby brother, Kevin Prusse (ready to retire soon from his job as a K-8 School Principal) to assemble many of the Prusse family pictures




Haslers, Prusses (Pete's kids), Denver, 1960

Apparently we are making the rounds of the relatives.


Fritz, Karl, Galen, Mark, and Bruce Hasler


Ellen 1948, Roger 1951 Garn 1954 children of Walter (Pete) and Carol Prusse


Sorry about that Joan 1956, Brian 1961 




Fritz Packing Nash, Madison, 1969



Karl, Bruce, Fritz, Nash, West Lafayette, Spring, 1960




Fritz, Bruce, West Lafayette, 1960


Fritz & Bruce packing the big Nash trunk.



Art, West Lafayette, Spring 1960


Putting the final touches on the Nash trunk



Hanna and her Boys, Blue Ridge Mountains, 1960

Mark, Galen, Bruce, Fritz, Karl, Hanna




Hasler Men, Montecello, 1960


Note: Art carrying the Leica 111c




Galen, Lake Winnebago, Madison, 1960


Galen on Lake Winnebago holding a hydrophone to record Sheepshead drumming




Karl, Mark, Galen, Bruce, Madison, 1960


Bruce's Graduation from High School




Bruce, Fritz, Galen, Mark, Karl, Madison,1960

Five Hasler Boys




Haslers, Thatchers, Madison, 1960


Art, Hanna, Hasler kids + granddaughter Laurel




Figure 40: Christmas Stollen, Madison, 1960

A batch of mom's Christmas Stollen 1960. In the bay window of the dining room at 205 Lathrop Street, Madison.



At Christmas she would bake fifty loaves of German Stollen (fruited yeast bread), ice them, and Daddy would deliver them to friends and neighbors”Hanna, the baker’s daughter, thrilled family and guests alike with her food, but especially homemade bread, dinner rolls, and German specialties including Zwetschgenkuchen, and Christmas Stollen as well as a holiday cranberry pudding that was to die for."

Advent Calendars, Madison, 1960
In the window sill next to the Christmas stollen we would often place our Advent Calendars. Starting on December 1, we would open a door every day. There was a special surprise behind the 24th door



GilbertSylviaLaurelBlaine_Madison_1961



Haslers, Christmas Card, Madison, 1961



HaslerBoysGilbertLaurel_Madison_1961





MarkBarbaraBussyGalenElaineRoundy_Madison_1961




Hanna, Bruce, Art, Madison, 1961

Elder Bruce Hasler at the airport with mom and dad on his way to Germany for 30 months for his mission for the LDS Church



Fritz, Eagle Ceremony, Madison, 1961



Mark, Galen, Kathleen, Colorado, 1962

Skiing with cousin (Bill's daughter) at Vail?




Skiing Vail, 1962



Galen, Mark, Croquet, Madison, 1962


Croquet anyone?





Galen, Mark, Madison, 1962

Galen and Mark always had that extra flair that I was missing.




Mark, Galen, Laurel, Madison, 1962

Sitting in the famous 1947 Chrysler Town & Country that the twins restored



Boston Whaler. Skiing, Trout Lake, 1963




Hanna, Sherzl, Trout Lake, 1963



Hanna and her men, Madison, 1963



Hanna and her men, Madison, 1963


Mark, Helsinki, 1964


Let's see do I look best with the beret or without, with, without, with, without.......


I'm guessing on the location and date... help me out.





Hanna & Friend, Helsinki, 1964



Haslers, Thatchers, Madison, 1965





Scherzen, Madison, 1965


Art's German Shorthaired Pointer. 


He always had a dog for hunting birds.




Hann, Scherzl, Trout Lake, 1965




Hanna. Karl, Sylvia, Madison, 1966





Karl Graduation, Madison, 1966




Karl_NavyUniform_Madison_1966





Karl, Navy Uniform, Madison, 1965



Bruce, Christine, Provo, 1967



Bruce. Christine, Wedding, Manti, 25Aug1967




Bruce, Christina, Wedding, SLC, 25August_1967

Mary pregnant with Liese.




Bruce, Christine, Wedding, Provo, 26Aug1967



HaslersMaryLieseChristinaThatchersGilbertLaurelBlaineSabinaBarbara_Madison_1968




Hasler Siblings, Madison, 1968




Art, Hanna, Barbara, Liese, Madison, 1968

Hanna only a year before her death





Hanna, Madison, 1968


You can see the years that have passed in her face, but the inner and outer beauty is still there.


Probably also not long before she died in 1969 of stomach cancer





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