Lamport Harness Shop
Circa 1890 view of the west side of 200 block of Commercial St. with harness shop sign visible on roof above the location [...]
October 2019
June 2019
Rebirth of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill
Original wooden structure of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill destroyed by fire in November 1895. A fire devastated the Thomas Kay Woolen [...]
October 2018
Shaw
Main road through Shaw, Oregon circa 1909. Left to right, Schomus General Store, Waldo Hills Hotel and the Catholic church. The Methodist church is [...]
November 2017
Tiger Engine Company No. 2 Membership Rolls
Salem Fire Department's Volunteer Company Membership Roll Book. WHC 0084.050.0001. This bound book (WHC 0084.050.0001) contains a series of lists of membership [...]
June 2014
Bureau of Fire Prevention, 1933
Volunteer Darrel today finished indexing the Daue Collection (1983.043), which contains a wide variety of ephemera from the Salem area in the early 20th century. [...]
May 2013
Salem Fire Department Badge, X2013.010.0039
Found in the collections a while back. We don't have any information as to where it came from or when it might have been used. [...]
August 2005
SFD Three
Salem Engine Company No. 3 (Salem Fire Department) Salem Engine Company No. 3 was created on March 28th, 1883 with the following charter members: [...]
SFD Paid
Salem's Paid Fire Department: Horse Era to Steam Era (1893 to 1919) Original Paid SFD Roster: Chief engineer W. S. Low Assistant Chief Engineer [...]
SFD Overview
Salem Fire Department: An Overview Salem, Oregon's first fire company, Alert Hook and Ladder was formed in 1857. Alert Hook and Ladder's firefighters fought [...]
SFD Capital
Capital Engine Company No. 1 (Salem Fire Department) In 1865 firefighting in Salem progressed beyond the bucket brigade with the addition of Capital Engine [...]