Mystery Muellhaupt Photos
Today we came across two portraits that seem to show the same individuals but we are having trouble confirming that fact. What do you think? [...]
May 2014
Preservation Month Fair at the State Capitol May 29, 2014
May is National Historic Preservation Month and for Oregon communities throughout the state it’s an opportunity to reflect on significant [...]
April 2014
Salem Hardware Company, 1912
It's nice to know we aren't the only ones who make typos. Source: Capital Journal. July 13, 1912 Section 1, page 7. [...]
March 2014
New Discoveries in Old Collections: The Holman Building
I sat in on a presentation once by an archaeologist who talked about doing archaeology in archives rather than in the field. Today [...]
Bush College or Brush College?
Original Brush College Schoolhouse built in 1860.Photo courtesy of Salem-Keizer School District. In the past few weeks this question has [...]
February 2014
Ruth DeSart Lively talks about the Wigrich Hops Ranch Store
http://youtu.be/ArDwZjkOWG4 Last Autumn, we had a chance to talk with Ruth DeSart Lively about her experiences working in the store at the Wigrich Hop Ranch [...]
Centennial of "City of Salem" celebrated in 1986
The 100th anniversary of the sternwheeler "City of Salem" was celebrated by the Salem Stamp Society in 1986 with this commemorative card (X2014.003.0001). The envelope [...]
January 2014
Hops History in Salem
[googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=209778005414381082444.0004f0fb82107f4a0c258&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14&output=embed&w=425&h=350] Join us at First Wednesday February 5, 2014 to learn more about how the hops industry shaped downtown Salem or check out the [...]
Work on Wilson Durbin House Artifacts to be Discussed
Ceramics part of the Wilson-Durbin House Collection at the WHC 1992.032.0002. Thursday, January 30, 2014, Archaeology students from Willamette University [...]
December 2013
Plain Talk, 1892
This ticket (WHC 63.1.1.8) made us giggle a little bit today. Aside from the wonderful irony that boys are not admitted to a program at [...]