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.
July 2019
June 2019
Carl Gerlinger
A devastating explosion. The fate of three men hanging in the balance. A catalyst in the life of one. It was a late afternoon [...]
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 [...]
March 2019
Love Under Electric Lights
“A Woman Just Divorced, Weds Her First Love Beneath the Glare of an Electric Light,” read the headline. If they had had clickbait back [...]
February 2019
Mrs. A.L. Stinson
Mystery photo remains unidentified, but still tells an interesting story of an early businesswoman in Salem: Mrs. A.L. Stinson, also known as Sarah Watt [...]
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
Electrifying Salem
It started out as an easy question. When was Salem first electrified? In preparing for the museum’s upcoming exhibit – Yesterdayland: Innovations of the [...]
Finding New Music 100 Years Ago
How do you find music to listen to? I was recently reflecting on the way music access has changed in my own life in [...]
Salem History Rewind: Gray Building
Gray Building's history includes YMCA, city hall and court By Andy Zimmerman Salem Rewind The Gray Building is seen circa 1912. It opened [...]