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
December 2018
Holiday House at Eola Acres
Holiday House advertisement as it appeared in the Statesman Journal November 25, 1960. “One of the Northwest’s greatest yuletide traditions”according to the [...]
December 2017
The Meaning of Christmas – Beatrice Crawford
John and Lillie Crawford with daughters Edna (back) and Beatrice (front). […]
December 2016
Salem’s Outdoor Christmas Tree
Judge ShawWHC 63.1.62.1.25 Once upon a time, in the city of Salem long ago, there was a little Christmas tree, a Norway [...]
Holiday Windows – Renska’s Specialty Shop
1928 Christmas display window of the Specialty Shop owned by Renska Swart.Photo Credit: WHC 1963.001.0064.001.83 “Despite the hurry [...]
December 2015
Christmas Flood Evacuation of Salem Memorial Hospital
Salem Memorial Hospital surrounded by flood water after Pringle Creek breached its banks. WHC 2012.49.124 Monday December 21, [...]
December 2014
1964 Christmas Flood – Keizer
Watery Christmas ‘Not Very Fun’ Capital Journal, Wednesday, December 23, 1964 By William Bebout Written by the editor of the Capital Journal, a resident [...]