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Spring Photos of Hartford Michigan and Surrounding Area
18 x 24 prints available - see end of page for information.




Phlox Carpet on 62nd St

June 2001
Item No. PC62nd
18" x 24"


 




Daffodils in Van Lierop Woods

April, 2001
Item No. DVLW
18" x 24"

Country Beauty in a Cherry Orchard in Hartford Michigan

Country Beauty in a
Cherry Orchard

in full blossom on 71st Street
(Orchard owned for many years
by Shafer Orchards, was sold in 2004)


Double click to enlarge for close up view

April 26, 2004
Item No: CBSCO
18" x 24"
 

Apple Blossoms in Hartford Michigan

Apple Blossoms
in Hartford Michigan

Full blossoms on 71st St.
(From orchard owned for many years
by Shafer Orchards, was sold in 2004)


Double click to enlarge for close up view

April 30, 2004
Item No:  ABHM2004
18" x 24"

Cherry Blossom Lane in Hartford Michigan

Cherry Blossom Lane
in full blossom on 71st Street
(Orchard owned for many years
by Shafer Orchards, was sold in 2004)


Double click to enlarge for close up view

April 26, 2004
Item No: CBL
18" x 24"
 



Apple Blossom Lane
in full blossom on 71st Street
(Orchard owned for many years
by Shafer Orchards, was sold and all of the
 apple orchards were bulldozed out a short time after this picture was taken)


Double click to enlarge for close up view

April 30, 2004
Item No: ABL
18" x 24"
 

Spring is a beautiful experience in the countryside.  Flowers pop up everywhere in showy displays of painted splendor.  The Phlox carpet was so beautiful....no so every year.  Beautiful phlox color sprawled along a stretch of 62nd Street....so noticeable...so pretty. Children growing up in the country, are privileged to partake of the awesome springtime beauty of blossoming orchards. For those who have never been in an orchard during blossomtime, this is your chance to experience another breathtaking array of God's springtime blessing.

Magnificent original photos are from
The Hartford Series by Emma Thornburg Sefcik now available in 18" x 24", ready for framing. 

$35.00 (without frame)
$  5.00 shipping

Click here to place your order

Other photos available soon. 

Information for this web site was gathered from personal interviews, newspaper articles, scrapbooks, personal photo albums, and other documented materials - many available to the public at the Hartford Public Library or Van Buren County Historical Museum.  Please report any typographical errors, updated information, or incorrectly stated information to the webmaster for correction.  Reprinting for personal and instructional purposes is permitted, however, unauthorized commercial reprinting of this information or unauthorized linking to photos-pictures on this site is strictly prohibited without written permission from the webmaster. 



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A Pictorial History of Hartford, Michigan
Emma Thornburg Sefcik,
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History of Hartford
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Revised: July 04, 2008