Otto Anderson Sends to John and Emily on their Wedding Day, 1911
WHC Collections, 2014.040.0001 This postcard (2014.040.0001) was recently transferred to the Willamette Heritage Center. Postmarked 1911, the message on the [...]
July 2014
July 2, 1914
Harvesting Clover on Howell Prairie in 1912. WHC Collections, 85.14.30. By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “We Feed World, It [...]
July 1, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent As news of the assassination faded, the local headline reported a fire at the Fremont Hotel and Rees & [...]
June 2014
June 30, 1914
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “Russia Will Not Permit Austria to Oppress Serbians”read the headline. The Balkans came to be called the tinderbox of [...]
June 29, 1914
By Richard Van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The lead headline read “Assassin’s Bullet Strikes Down Archduke Ferdinand of Austria” Assassin jumps on Running Board of auto [...]
The Protagonists: Part II
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Protagonists – Great Britain Source: Wikipedia On July 27th, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of [...]
The Protagonists: Part I
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Protagonists: Austria-Hungary & Serbia “The tragedy that has befallen the ill-fated house of Hapsburg, according to news reaching [...]
The Roots of War
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The assassination of the Archduke led to a crisis that within a month resulted in a continent-wide war. By [...]
Photo of the Day, 1995.010.0029
WHC Collections 1995.010.0029. By Corey Rosenberg A man sits at a desk, tinkering. To his left, a large Hall’s Safe [...]
Some Slight Friction
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “How’s the weather, Jeeves?” “Exceptionally clement, sir.” “Anything in the papers?” “Some slight friction threatening in the Balkans, sir. [...]