PROUD HISTORY: Stephen Iser in the modern day Hume & Iser store which was founded by his great-grandfather Henry Iser along with Wilhelm Huume. Photo: Brendan McCarthy
Unloading logs at Hume and Iser's sawmill in the late 1890s, on the site which would become the site of the family business today.
Great Uncle Les Iser, whose ghost is said to roam the store to this day.
This year marks 100 years since iconic Bendigo business Hume & Iser was incorporated as a company.
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Next year, the firm will celebrate 140 years of business.
Hume & Iser was born out of a partnership by two men from Germany and started life as a sawmill that survived wars, recessions, being repossessed by the bank and even burning down.
Now operating as a Mitre 10, the store has undergone many transformations, and is now managed under the watchful eye of co-founder Henry Iser's great-grandson Stephen Iser.
Today the iconic store is one of the biggest Mitre 10s in the country and would certainly be one of the oldest Bendigo businesses still operated by members of the same family.
