The Flu Hidden in Christmas Card, 63.1.21.16.11
Apparently Cheery postcard belied a hard year for one family. WHC Collections 63.1.21.16.11 In cataloging what, by all appearances, looked like very [...]
January 2022
November 2021
Mrs. J.W. Weatherford’s Hair Jewelry Business
Salem woman helped support herself making jewelry from human hair Source: 1880 Salem City Directory. I love city directories. Like phone books [...]
October 2021
Japanese American Community, 1942
On March 27, 1942, Rev. Andrew Y. Kuroda of the Salem Japanese Community Church completed a census of Japanese American Families living in Salem [...]
September 2021
Oregon Motor Stages Employees Celebrate Salem’s Centennial with Whiskers
Riley Robertson, Oregon Motor Stages Employee showcasing whiskers grown for Salem Centennial Celebration in 1940. WHC Collections 1995.015.0018 Bus Drivers and Whiskerinos – [...]
August 2021
Oregon Motor Stages Company Employees
The Oregon Motor Stages Company took over the franchise to run city buses in the city of Salem in 1931 and would operate until [...]
Ernest B. Flake
Ernest Benjamin Flake. Willamette Heritage Center's Collections, 84.43.1.101.1 Entrepreneur E.B. Flake started a Salem Advertising Empire, Flower Shop and Pet [...]
July 2021
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 [...]
April 2021
Section Houses Site
Section Houses on Mill Street, 1943. Oregon Department of Transportation Photo. The west side of the WHC's parking lot once belonged to [...]
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 [...]