Fall Cleaning Finds Parrish Periscope
With the help of our marvelous volunteer Sue, we did a little rearranging and cleaning in the archives storage today. We can now open all [...]
October 2012
Dragon Puppet Theatre coming to WHC
What: The Dragon Theatre Puppet Group Presents Kintaro and Eugene Taiko When: Saturday, October 13, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Where: [...]
Oregon Pulp & Paper Co.
We recently received a donation of a few aerial views of Salem in 1947 (2012.051). This image shows the old Oregon Pulp & Paper processing [...]
September 2012
A View of Willamette Valley Roads, 1943
Before I-5 was a twinkle in the Federal Government's eye, transportation through the valley looked a little bit different. This map, from the State Farm [...]
A View of Willamette Valley Roads, 1943
Before I-5 was a twinkle in the Federal Government's eye, transportation through the valley looked a little bit different. This map, from the State Farm [...]
J.E. Krauger, Hop Basket Manufacturer
While putting away materials from the History on Tap exhibit we came across the interesting story of Joseph Earl Krauger and his Salem-based Hop Basket [...]
Celebrities in Salem
We came across this list of famous people who visited or were connected with Salem in some way. There were no citations with it and [...]
August 2012
Parberry Grocery Company, 2012.032.0012
This photo came to us in a recent donation. Most of the photos were Salem based images, but we have yet to find a Parberry [...]
July 2012
Camp Adair Officers, 1999.012
Colonel Welcome P. Waltz, 1999.012.0012 1999.012.0019 Lt. Col. Robert Eugene Mousseau Des Islets Since our last post on the collection of [...]
Research Resources: Salem Catholic Cemeteries
A research request today for help finding the burial in Salem’s Catholic Cemetery. The death record recorded the burial at Salem’s Catholic Cemetery and the [...]