This is a photograph of construction in the village of Hartland, Michigan. A small building sits south of the Music Hall was once a light fixture shop.
The date, exact location, and names of the persons in the photograph are unknown.
This photograph is also found in the "Old Brighton Village" book, 1974. In that book, this photograph is captioned, "William Deeter, bartender,and Peter and Bert Hartman pose with three customers in the Hartman Saloon on Main Street, Brighton - about 1850."
The book continues, "A meat market replaced the saloon just before the turn of the century, and the deerhead, horns, and clock remained. The market was located where Hayner Real Estate office now stands". (1974).
Hayner Real Estate was located at 408 W. Main Street, Brighton.
Unlikely 1850, William Deeter born 1864 is found in Brighton, in the 1900 census, as saloonkeeper.
Hazel Joy Schmidt born 1907 in Howell township, Livingston County, Michigan; teacher, entire career in Howell, Michigan and Hartland, Michigan schools; taught elementary education for 30 years. She died in 1991.
William Riddle Bigelow, born 1902 Oceola township, Livingston County, Michigan; was a farmer and former salesperson for R. D. Smith Ford Tractor.
They married in 1941 and were lifetime residents of Livingston County, Michigan.
This is a portrait of Heinrich Herbert Vey, an exchange student who graduated from Howell High School in 1952, Howell Michigan. He lived with Rotarian Duane Zemper and family.
