Women Working on the Railroad in Salem
The Women of Salem's Wartime Roundhouse Donna Beall at the Salem Roundhouse. Photo by Ben Maxwell. Published in the Capital Journal Friday, May 24, 1946. [...]
August 2023
December 2021
104th Cavalry Comes to Salem
"Merry - Xmas 104 Cav" is decorated on one end of the wall. Photo dated December 25, 1943. Photo taken at the Oregon [...]
August 2018
Salem U.S.O. the “It” Spot in WWII
Salem U.S.O. One of Salem’s USO buildings. Look familiar? It is now the offices for Sherman, Sherman, Johnnie & Hoyt, LLP, on the [...]
October 2013
Rescuing Europe, 1947
This snippet came out of a Marion and Polk County directory, called Heart of the Valley, published November, 1947. (X2013.021.0003, front cover) Years after peace [...]