Salem in Portraits
Portraits and brief biographical sketches of Salem individuals from 1930. Persons included were nominated by friends with the only qualification being their active [...]
January 2022
Netta McAllister
Jeanette "Netta" McAllister [Minor] Job Title(s) Seamstress, Finishing Department Dates of Employment c. 1893 Last Name McAllister [...]
Sarah Wolff
Sarah Wolff [Fournier] Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1907-1910 Last Name Wolff [Fournier] First Name [...]
The Flu Hidden in Christmas Card, 63.1.21.16.11
Apparently Cheery postcard belied a hard year for one family. WHC Collections 63.1.21.16.11 In cataloging what, by all appearances, looked like very [...]
Rose Kaufman
Rose Kaufman Job Title(s) Finisher, Spooler Dates of Employment c. 1905-1935 Last Name Kaufman [Witte] First Name Rose [...]
Amy Wright
Amy Wright Job Title(s) Finishing Dept. Dates of Employment c. 1913-1915 Last Name Hill [Wright] First [...]
Alpha Wright
Alpha Wright [Young] Job Title(s) Finishing Dept. Dates of Employment c. 1912 Last Name Wright [Young] First Name [...]
Minto Island Hop Yard
Hop Yards on Minto's Island. WHC Collections 1997.014.0018. Minto’s Island Ranch: From Hops Fields to Industrial Settling Ponds to Park I have a [...]
December 2021
A Bear-y Good Time of Year
The Cinnamon Bear Tradition at Lipman's in Salem Lipman's Advertisement in the Capital Journal Newspaper 25 November 1954. “And here’s the Cinnamon Bear!” [...]
104th Cavalry Comes to Salem
"Merry - Xmas 104 Cav" is decorated on one end of the wall. Photo dated December 25, 1943. Photo taken at the Oregon [...]