Payne Settecase Smith Architecture Collection, 2017.053
Collection Overview In 2017, the WHC received a large donation of drawings from the former Salem architectural firm Payne Settecase Smith/Architects, and subsequent [...]
May 2019
Duck Inn
Bob the Duck, installed to advertise Salem's Duck in, has witnessed several restaurants from its perch at 1980 State Street. Photo taken 2019. [...]
April 2019
Bethany
Historic twin communities of Bethany and Silverton. WHC 2007.072.0002 Along the banks of Silver Creek in the late 1840s two twin communities [...]
1950 Cherryland Festival Photograph Collection
1950 Cherryland Festival Photograph Collection Finding Aide: WHC 1998.029.0009 Background The 1950 Cherryland Festival was a revival of earlier Salem Cherry Fairs held in [...]
March 2019
Thomas Maplethorpe
Thomas Maplethorpe in Shoe Store. Back of image reads "Tom Maplethorpe shoe store, Salem, Ore. State ST. Next to Bush Bank."WHC Collections: 1983.004.0008.009. [...]
What We Wore
By Kira Kinney The History of Clothing in the past 150 years has been one of constant change. [...]
Mystery Scrapbook
In 1983 a rather non-descript black photo album was donated to the Marion County Historical Society. Only a third of the pages were filled [...]
Brochure: Rigdon’s New Colonial Chapel
Access digitized version of this pamphlet here. Rigdon's New Colonial Chapel The building at 299 Cottage St NE in Salem today [...]
Love Under Electric Lights
“A Woman Just Divorced, Weds Her First Love Beneath the Glare of an Electric Light,” read the headline. If they had had clickbait back [...]
February 2019
Mrs. A.L. Stinson
Mystery photo remains unidentified, but still tells an interesting story of an early businesswoman in Salem: Mrs. A.L. Stinson, also known as Sarah Watt [...]