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Posted by Joe Viechnicki | May 18, 2021
The new mural was painted by Andy Eccleshall of Edmonds, Washington. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
Hammer and Wikan celebrated the Petersburg family company’s 100
th anniversary over the Little Norway Festival weekend. Thursday night shareholders and workers unveiled a new three-panel mural on the side of the downtown hardware store building. It honors the founders of the company, their history and Norwegian roots.
Bud Samuelson addresses Little Norway Festival attendees and Hammer and Wikan shareholders Thursday, May 13, 2021 on Excel Street. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
Bud Samuelson, president of the board of directors, thanked shoppers for the company’s century in business, a rarity for a grocery or hardware store, especially an independent one.