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April 2013

Behind the Scenes with David: The Warehouse Building

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:29-07:00April 3rd, 2013|Categories: Behind the Scenes, Uncategorized|Tags: Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, warehouse, wool, wool mill|

[youtube=http://youtu.be/tz8gv3gVENE] Today the Warehouse Building at the Willamette Heritage Center is filled with shops and offices. At one time, however, it was a set of [...]

March 2013

Knights of Pythias Obituary Record, 2007.077

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:29-07:00March 14th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Alice Davies, Alice Nash, Alice Rupp, Althea Pogue, Andrew Hansen, Anna Borkman, Anna Muncey, Augusta LaCroix, Bertha Griggs, Bruce Fenwick, Carrie J. Slater, Chester Wyman, Clara G. Olson, Clara Norton, Clifford Schultz, Cora Ferrell, D.P. Slater, Daisy Blanc, Donald Judson, Dora M. Stanton, Doris Decatur, Dorothy Simpson, Earl C. Burk, Edna M. Bergner, Edwin Knighton, Elaine Eggleston, Ellis Miller, Elsie Snook, Emma Solie, Enid Rocafellow, Ethel Murphy, Flossie Waring, Flroence Shipp, G.E. Terwilliger, George Thomas, George Wills, Georgia Smith, Gertrude Alferson, Grace Hansen, Grace Thomas, Grace Wilkinson, H.W. Knighten, Harry Wilson, Harvey E. Evans, Hattie Fowler, Helen Kolsky, Henretta Ferguson, Hubert H. Gatts, Ida M. Knight, J.C. Perry, James W. Callaway, Jesse Arnold Clark, Josephine Faxon, Juletta Kanna, Karyl Schidel, Kenwith Elwood, Knights of Pythias, L. Vernon Decatur, Laura Hansley, Laura Johnson, Leon Barrick, Leonard B. Hipson, Lettie May Hansen, Lila Casteel, Lillian Hayden, Lillian Kixson, Lillie Wynne, Lula Brotherton, Lula Fuller, Mabel B. Peck, Mae Gohnke, Mae Ratcliff, Maggie Knighton, Mamie Calloway, Mare E. Marshall, Margaret Kincaid, Mary Andresen, Mary Aplin, Mary E. Thomas, Mary Pugh, Mary Worthington McClaughy, Maude L. Taylor, Maxie Hansen, May Wyman, Mildred Donashoo, Mildred Wilson, Minnie Briggs, Minnie LaRomaine, Nancy Burk, Neta Jacobsen, Nettie Kramer, Nina Beck, Nora Cummons, Norma Terwelliger, Obituaries, Olaf A. Olson, Ora McKinzie, Otilla Hikenhable, Ozzlo Hixson, Park Sturgis, Pearl Kinzer, Peter Andersen, R. O. Bowman, R.D. Ketchun, Rachel E. Reeder, Salem, Susie Parmenter, Thomas Romaine, Vena Sharp, Vera L. Bowman, W. M. Cake, Wanda Smith, Wayne Greenwood, Willow P. Evans, Zoe Duvall|

This unique record book is a ledger listing the deaths of members of the Knights of Pythias Organization in Salem, Oregon. The book, inscribed Centralia [...]

Newly Donated Coverlet on Display in the Boon House

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:29-07:00March 4th, 2013|Categories: Announcements, Behind the Scenes, Uncategorized|Tags: 2012.026.0001, Boon House, coverlet|

Overshot Coverlet 2012.026.0001. This recently donated coverlet (2012.026.0001) is now on display in the Boon House.

February 2013

Silverton High School Junior Class 1947

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:29-07:00February 25th, 2013|Categories: Photo Highlights, Uncategorized|Tags: 1947, 2006.086.0050.031, Alice Miller, Alton Anderson, Bill Kostenborder, Bob Barnes, Bob McEwan, Byron Fry, Carl Wickham, Chester Storruste, Dave Metzler, Don Pedersen, Edythe Holland, Fred Smith, Gale Jackson, Gene Holland, Gil Kirkman, High school, Irvin Roth, Jack Sherman, Jessie Winsted, Joan Jarnagin, John Van Epps, Junior Class, Lawrence Fisher, Margie Tuggle, Martha Hess, Peggy Uselman, Robert Lester, Ron Hanna, Silverton, Silverton High School, Skip Pelster, Sylvia Lucht, Verna Bodeen|

Silverton High School. Junior Class. 1947. Photo by Bob McEwan. 2006.086.0050.031 Thanks to the quick thinking and connections of one [...]

The Prune Bear

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:30-07:00February 21st, 2013|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: 100 Tacks, Andrew Weymouth, Lewis & Clark Exposition, Oregon, Prune Dryer, Prune Industry, Prunes|

Make sure to tune into KBOO radio, Portland 90.7, tomorrow, February 22, 2013 at 11:30am for the 100 Tacks program on the Great [...]

Arctic Explorer in Salem

Heritage Center2020-03-12T06:01:04-07:00February 18th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|

Find-a-grave photo. Click photo to see original image. Here is a fun piece of trivia that came across our desk today. Which [...]

VictryPac, 2012.074.0001

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:30-07:00February 10th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Bartlett Pears, Business, Food and Related Products, labor, Labor Shortage, Oregon Fruit Products Co., Salem, San Fransisco, Stecher-Traung Lithographic Company, Victrypac, War Bonds, World War II, WWII|

This unused label (2012.074.0001) was printed for use on canned pears packed during WWII at the Oregon Fruit Products Company in Salem. The "Victrypac" description [...]

Mystery Poster, 2007.029.0024

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:30-07:00February 7th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: 45th Parallel, Google Translate, Oregon, Ron Cooper, Salem-Simferopol, Simferopol, Sister City, Ukraine|

In cleaning last week we came across this poster in a group of materials with no documentation. We were at a bit of a loss [...]

Ray L. Farmer Hardware Store, Salem

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:30-07:00February 4th, 2013|Categories: History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: 123 Commercial St S, 1982.001.0007, Academy of Hair Design, Clifford Farmer, Commercial Street, Court Street, E.C. Cross, Edna Farmer, Edward Weller, George Pearce, Hardware Store, Implements, Ivan Farmer, J.W. Crawford, Lot L. Pearce, Mount Jefferson, R.M. Wade, Ray L. Farmer, Smith and Wade Company, Studebaker, Wade Pearce and Company|

R.L. Farmer Hardware Store at the NE corner of Court and Commercial Streets in downtown Salem. Photos from Willamette Heritage Center Collections. [...]

January 2013

Just One More Thing: Adventures in Organizing an Archive

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:30-07:00January 17th, 2013|Categories: Behind the Scenes, Uncategorized|Tags: Archive, Dam, Paper cutter, Storage, Volunteers|

The following was written by our volunteer extraordinaire Sue after a very exciting day reorganizing one of five collections storage areas at the Willamette Heritage [...]