Alpha Wright
Alpha Wright [Young] Job Title(s) Finishing Dept. Dates of Employment c. 1912 Last Name Wright [Young] First Name [...]
January 2022
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 [...]
November 2021
Mrs. J.W. Weatherford’s Hair Jewelry Business
Salem woman helped support herself making jewelry from human hair Source: 1880 Salem City Directory. I love city directories. Like phone books [...]
Salem Keizer Grade Schools Staff Photos 1968-9
Welcome to the 1968-69 School Year... We just found a stack of Salem-area grade school staff photos from the 1968-1969 School year (and one [...]
October 2021
Japanese American Community, 1942
On March 27, 1942, Rev. Andrew Y. Kuroda of the Salem Japanese Community Church completed a census of Japanese American Families living in Salem [...]
September 2021
Oregon Motor Stages Employees Celebrate Salem’s Centennial with Whiskers
Riley Robertson, Oregon Motor Stages Employee showcasing whiskers grown for Salem Centennial Celebration in 1940. WHC Collections 1995.015.0018 Bus Drivers and Whiskerinos – [...]
August 2021
Oregon Motor Stages Company Employees
The Oregon Motor Stages Company took over the franchise to run city buses in the city of Salem in 1931 and would operate until [...]
Ernest B. Flake
Ernest Benjamin Flake. Willamette Heritage Center's Collections, 84.43.1.101.1 Entrepreneur E.B. Flake started a Salem Advertising Empire, Flower Shop and Pet [...]