Summary
REDLANDS - There was a time when people who needed their cars serviced at Hatfield Buick paid in produce. Hatfield Buick GMC has weathered two world wars and the Great Depression since Bert Hatfield opened the business in 1909.
"My grandfather would tell the story that the war years were every bit as hard as the Depression," said Bill Hatfield, president of Hatfield Buick GMC.See the full content of this document
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Family Business
Hatfield has run the dealership for more than 30 years, following his father, John, and uncle Robert. John and Robert, Bert's sons, ran Hatfield Buick as a partnership after they returned from serving during World War II.
The business has moved a few times, but has never changed names or left family ownership.Bert Hatfield"At the turn of the century, Bert S. Hatfield came from Ohio, an electrician for the railroads," according to a September 2002 article in the Daily Facts. "During a stopover in Redlands,...See the full content of this document
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