This image shows two men in front of the Strom & Olsen hardwood flooring business on 12th Avenue between E Olive Street and E Pine Street. A delivery truck for Strom & Olsen is at right.
Edwin Conrad Strom (1881-1965) was born in Sweden, and immigrated to the U. S. in 1907. His advertisement in the 1920 Polk's Seattle City Directory reads "E. Strom, Hardwood Floors, Oak, Maple and Fir, Floors Laid, Scraped and Finished, Old Floors Scraped and Refinished."
This image comes from a photograph album entitled "The Swedes’ Life and Work in the State of Washington."
ID Number: 2016.59.51
Date: Circa 1920
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on paper : b&w ; 7 x 9.25 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv63388
Credit: MOHAI, "The Swedes' Life and Work in the State of Washington" Photograph Album, 2016.59.51
