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 [...]
July 2021
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 [...]
May 2021
Safeway in Salem
Aerial image of South Commercial Street (c. 1955-1975). WHC Collections 2006.001.0196 - detail It all started with an unidentified aerial photograph. Squinting [...]
April 2021
St. Paul’s School
St. Paul's Church and rectory at southwest corner of Church and Chemeketa Streets. Cronise Photo. Greg Nelson Collection, Salem Public Library. [...]
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 [...]
New Year’s News, 1921
100 Years ago, headlines noted the opening of Pomeroy & Keene Jewelers on State and Liberty Streets. This image shows the building in [...]
September 2020
Salem Labor Temple
Salem's Labor Temple stood on the North Side of Center Streets between High and Liberty Streets from 1944-1963. Built in 1927, the building original served as the Fraternal Temple -- a meeting place for local fraternal orders before being bought by the local labor council in 1944.
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.