One of the great travesties of our age is the ignorance of local history and even more so the folk version of said study with a focus on the individual lives of citizens from the pioneer to the average man. Anybody can tell you when city hall was built or demolished and in the grand scheme of things it is an important footnote. But city hall doesn't exist without the people living beside it and propping up its roof beams. About 5 or so years ago I stumbled upon a treasure trove of photographs from a man named Carl A. Heyer, Jr. from an estate at his home in Wayne, Michigan. Since Mr. Heyer was long dead (1985) the pictures must have been in the possession of a family member. I arrived late but purchased a large box of several hundred photographs of both personal and historical importance. From subject as obscure as the ice house at Eloise to the early schools of Inkster, Michigan to Fellrath's Lumber in that same town - where Heyer was seemingly employed - to towns in Ohio, Mic...