Historic Marion: Salem YMCA Celebrates Centennial
This article was written by Al Jones for the November 1992 issue of Historic Marion, the Marion County Historical Society Newsletter Vol. 30, No. [...]
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!” [...]
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 – [...]
July 2021
Polio Vaccine Trial Comes to Salem
It has been interesting to see how the news turns to history in contextualizing current events. I get it. I find history pretty comforting [...]
Great Oregon Steam-Up
Celebrating the Bygone-Era of Steam on Mid-Valley Farms a Tradition in Itself Steam engine belted up to a threshing machine [...]
June 2021
Flower Culture in Salem
Photo published in Oregon Bulb Company Catalog taken at company farm in West Salem and captioned "In Sheaves for the Packing Shed." WHC Collections [...]
February 2021
St. Paul’s A.M.E. Church, Salem, Oregon
St. Paul's A.M.E. Church, Salem, Oregon. Photo Source: State Library of Oregon reference number 2006.001.0705. In my line of work, I have [...]
January 2021
Frank Gorman and Salem’s Tiger Fire Engine Company
Salem's Tiger Engine Company No. 2. WHC 0082.002.0022.046. For the past few years I have been captivated by this photograph. It shows [...]
August 2020
Merritt Davis Business College
Merritt Davis Business College was a private professional school in Salem, Oregon founded in 1941. It operated under several names until 1944.