August 25, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Prohibition was the local issue. The editor, acknowledging that closing taverns and saloons adversely affected the local economy, and [...]
August 2014
Then and Now: Mill and Liberty Streets SE
The view from the Vern Miller Civic Center sure has changed through its history, here seen about 1970. Photo Source: Willamette Heritage Center: X2012.16.207. [...]
July 2014
Bromo-Seltzer, 1933
Got a headache? In 1933, you may have hopped down to the Woolpert & Legg's Drugstore, located on the corner of Court and Liberty Streets [...]
July 1, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent As news of the assassination faded, the local headline reported a fire at the Fremont Hotel and Rees & [...]
January 2014
Mild Weather in Comparison, 2002.026.0001
A view of Miller’s Department Store in Salem (now known as Reed Opera House building) at the SW corner of Liberty [...]
December 2013
Salem Snapshot, 2009.052.0003
This great little snapshot (WHC 2009.052.0003) of downtown Salem focuses on the rooftops lining State Street from High Street (at bottom of image) to about [...]
August 2005
Historic 198 Liberty
198 Liberty Street SE (Historic Downtown Salem) Classification: Historic Non-Contributing Historic Name: Unknown Current Name: Checks Cashed Year of Construction: 1920/1960s/1980s Legal Description: 073W27AB0440; [...]
Historic 170 Liberty
170-180 Liberty Street SE (Historic Downtown Salem) Classification: Historic Non-Contributing Historic Name: Unknown Current Name: Suzanne’s Bridal Gallery/Piercing/Trophies Year of Construction: c.1920s/1960s Legal Description: [...]