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 [...]
July 2021
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.
I.O.O.F. Hall/Grand Opera House/Grand Theatre/Grand Hotel
IOOF HAll at the southwest corner of High and Court Streets in Salem. Photo taken after 1915. WHC Collections 2007.001.1702 The building [...]