1. Brighton Hook and Ladder Co.  Location – CoBACH
2. John Tanner and Henry Ford  Location – Brighton Coffee House
3. Pipp Children Fishing  Location – Old Village Cemetery on the bank of the Mill Pond
4. B.T.O. Clark  Location – St. Paul’s Church
5. Duke the Hereford  Location – Old Village Cemetery
6. Alvira Gilully  Location – Old Village Cemetery
7. Bessie the Holstein  Location – Old Village Cemetery
8. John McKinney  Location – Brighton City Hall
9. Daniel Marsh  Location – Lou and Carl’s
10. Orson Quackenbush  Location – City parking Lot, South West Street
11. Alice Jolly, Mrs. Jolly’s Millinery  Location – Imagination Station
12. Railroad Repair Gang  Location – Rail Road Track and Mail Street
13. Johnny Blessed  Location – Grand River & Brighton Chamber Building
14. William Power  Location – Old Village Cemetery
15. Mellus & Brady Suffragettes  Location – Mill Pond rear of CoBach

*** Be sure to right click and ‘Save As’ the coloring page from each Silhouette which is located at the bottom of every character page! ***

Article from the Livingston Press – Argus Daily:

Have you heard the story of John Tanner, the guy with the 10-foot beard?

“He would push his beard down the back of his shirt and down his pants, and people would pay him a quarter to see it,” Brighton Area Historical Society President Jim Vichich said.

“Tanner traveled with a carnival and showed people his beard.  He also had antiques he used for making money, like merry-go-round ponies and a Ferris wheel made with four benches and powered by a horse”, Vichich said.

Silhouettes of well-known figures from the past that tell odd-ball stories of Brighton’s roots started popping up around downtown this week.

The life-sized silhouette depicting Tanner with Henry Ford will be installed outside of women’s clothing store Beverly Raes.  Art guild member Rich Larson included Ford because he purchased a carriage Tanner had used to transport people from the railroad station to their homes or hotels – part of his day job – when Ford was collecting antiques for his museum and Greenfield Village.

Tanner’s silhouette is on of 13 depictions of people and cows artists in the Brighton Art Guild painted to celebrate the city’s 150th anniversary year.

All will be installed downtown within the next few weeks and left on display for three years, except for during the winter.  They will have biographical information and a QRC code. Visitors can scan with a mobile device to link to stories and photographs.

The Brighton Downtown Development Authority supported the project with a $6,775 grant, and local artists and historians donated their time.