Prohibition Era in Salem
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Prohibition Era in our country. While we often romanticize this epoch with images [...]
October 2019
July 2019
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.
June 2019
Marion County Juvenile Court Center, 1963
Marion County Juvenile Court Facility WHC Collections, 2009.076.0001, folder 9 In November of 1960, Marion County voters approved a measure to build a facility [...]
May 2019
History in the Hands of Teens
Teen Interpreters Faith Danner and Kayla Burns researching their historic characters. WHC Each June after the proverbial school bell rings in summer [...]
March 2019
What We Wore
By Kira Kinney The History of Clothing in the past 150 years has been one of constant change. [...]
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
Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in Wartime
Survey of documentation of changes in operations due to wartime conditions at the Thomas Kay woolen Mill, Salem, Oregon During World War I, World [...]
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 [...]
Mother – Daughter Roadtrip 1920 style
The date was March 26, 1924. The latest model REO sedan was packed and ready for the road. Travelers checks and gasoline tickets had [...]
December 2018
R.W. Hogg & Sons Records
Finding Aide for Willamette Heritage Center Collection 2006.050. Prepared by Meg Flanders, Fall 2017. OverviewThis collection contains materials collected by R.W. Hogg and family over [...]