1965 Veterans Day Parade – Salem
The rumble of National Guard tanks mixed with bands and marching feet Thursday as Salem observed Veterans Day with its biggest parade in many [...]
November 2015
October 2015
A Salem Witch – Miss Bruce Putnam
Miss Bruce Putnam WHC 2008.038.0020 written by Perry Reigelman article reprinted from the Oregon Magazine, April 1922 Dreamers, poets, and musicians have all [...]
Elvira Johnson Perkins – the Harp of the Willows
Wascopam Mission - The Dalles, Oregon “Hark! ‘tis the sound of wailing Comes on the evening breeze, Forth [...]
Hello Alice – Haas family postcard 1908
Contributed by WHC volunteer Mike Nugent Oregon State Reform School WHC x2013.010.0022 WHC x2013.010.0022 Â Â Â Â Â Â Hello [...]
September 2015
Bishop Clothing and Woolen Mill Store
 C.P. Bishop sitting in the $5 shoe display in his store. "Now is the time and here is the place for [...]
August 2015
Yes Brittany, there was a Jason Lee
Jason Lee's original headstone in Lee Memorial Cemetery. WHC 1998.008.0020 A little over a month ago on a [...]
July 2015
P.J. Larsen & Sons – Wagon Making
 This article was written for the Statesman Journal and published in February 2014. It is reproduced here for reference purposes. 1931 Chevy House Car [...]
May 2015
Pioneers’ Sleep Disturbed by Sheep
Century-old cemetery at Salem became center of civic attention when woolly flocks were turned loose this spring to graze among the ancient tombstones. reprinted from [...]
Tokio Sukiyaki House and Frank Tanaka
This article was written for the Statesman Journal and published Sunday May 3rd. It is reproduced here with citations and additional images for reference purposes. [...]