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| This is a picture of downtown Strum, Wisconsin, about 1962. You are looking north toward the river and bridge. Mainstreet is actually county road D. The model and year of the automobiles, the Fords, is a clue as to the exact year. This picture was provided by Bev Olson Van Blaricom, formerly of the Strum area. Please Email me, Fred Matson, with your ideas and knowledge of this picture. 1. What is the year of this picture? 2. When did Jacobson Hardware and Hulberg's Grocery burn down? 3. Can you name the businesses on both sides of the street? The picture was taken after the fire that burned down Jacobson Hardware and Hulberg's grocery. On the left, the building with the white wall, that's Jacobson's Hardware. Hulberg's is next back. These are the newer buildings. You may recall that in the older buildings one could walk between the two stores while inside either. Strum's first indoor mall, of sort. Hans Jacobson was Bev Van Blaricom's uncle. Hans and Harry Jacobson, the Shoemaker, who is pictured on this WEB site, are brothers. Much has changed since this picture. The Ford Garage and Dealership is no longer in Strum. On the left side, at the far end of the high building site line, Robbe's store is no longer there. But Robbe's is still a mainstay business in Strum, now being located in a new building further back in the picture, same side of street, directly across the street to the west of the church (note the steeple on the right side of the street, far back). Credit is given to whomever took this picture. I think it may have appeared on a post card back then, but I am not sure. Fred Matson posted 1 January 2005 |