Salem Federal Art Center
Salem Federal Art Center at 460 North High St. photo credit: Multnomah County Library, John Wilson Collection An [...]
September 2019
July 2019
Policing with Radar Pioneered in Northwest by Salem Police Department
Salem was the first Police Department in the Pacific Northwest to adopt the use of radar to catch speeding motorists.
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 [...]
February 2019
Old Waconda
Over a hundred years before the fictional country of Wakanda appeared on the scene in Marvel comics, Marion county was home to the small, [...]
January 2019
Morningside School
Rocky Beginnings for Morningside School 'Tis the season for homecomings and school reunions. This past week we had a couple in to inquire about [...]
December 2018
Holiday House at Eola Acres
Holiday House advertisement as it appeared in the Statesman Journal November 25, 1960. “One of the Northwest’s greatest yuletide traditions”according to the [...]
Thanksgiving 1901 at Marion School
Thanksgiving postcard from the turn of the Thanksgiving greeting from the turn of the century WHC 2011.037.0268 In anticipation of delicious Thanksgiving [...]
October 2018
Shaw
Main road through Shaw, Oregon circa 1909. Left to right, Schomus General Store, Waldo Hills Hotel and the Catholic church. The Methodist church is [...]
September 2018
Beans Delayed Start of Salem Schools in 1953
Beans Delayed Start of Salem Schools in 1953 Beans? Yes. Beans. The hot topic at the Salem School Board meetings in July of 1953 [...]