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Love Under Electric Lights
Love Under Electric Lights

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Love Under Electric Lights

Heritage Center2019-02-14T10:39:43-08:00March 1st, 2019|Categories: History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: Church Street, Court Street, Divorce, Electric Lights, electricity, Ellura "Lulu" Winifred Bleakney Martin Hunsaker Evens, Francis Wayland Hunsaker, Jessie Agnes Reid, Lewis Bleakney, Love, Lulu W. Bleakney, Marion County Courthouse, Myron E. Goodell, Oregon Statesman, Sarah White Bleakney, Wayland C. Hunsaker, Weddings, William R. Evens|

“A Woman Just Divorced, Weds Her First Love Beneath the Glare of an Electric Light,” read the headline. If they had had clickbait back [...]

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Frank Stone Barton – Electric Dream House
Frank Stone Barton – Electric Dream House

History Tidbits, People

Frank Stone Barton – Electric Dream House

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:39:35-08:00January 24th, 2017|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: 1903, 901 N. Capitol St., accident, bankruptcy, brain tumor, Christmas tree, Clara Barton, Clara Virginia McClelland, Coal & Iron Company, Deaconness hospital, electrical engineer, electricity, Francisco Barton, Frank Barton, Frank Stone Barton, General Electric, Gerald L. Warren, Idaho, Inez Barton, jingles, Lewiston, Livingston county, Marion County Courthouse, Mary Barton, Masonic Building, New York, Norway spruce tree, Nunda, Oregon State Insane Asylum, Pioneer Cemetery, poetess, Poetry, Portland, Queens Light & Power, R.D. Barton, Radio in the Home magazine, Richard Barton, Salem Electric, St. Vincent's hospital, Syracuse University, turbine generators, Vilbert and Todd|

The Barton family gathered around the radio in their home on 901 Capitol St. NE. Their electrical dream home is now the [...]

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Salem’s Outdoor Christmas Tree
Salem’s Outdoor Christmas Tree

Community Memories, People

Salem’s Outdoor Christmas Tree

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:37:57-08:00December 22nd, 2016|Categories: Community Memories, People|Tags: 1882, 1913, blackout regulations, bulldozer, Cherrian band, Cherrians, Christmas music, Christmas tree, electrical engineering, Frank Barton, General Electric Company, Hallie Parrish Hinges, Madison Square Garden, Magic Countdown, Marion County Courthouse, Masonic Building, New York & Queens Light and Power Company, New York City, Norway spruce, Old Ye Liberty Theatre, Reverend H. E. Marshall, Richard Barton, Salem Electric Company, Santa, subway system, Syracuse University, T. C. Shaw, World War II|

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 [...]

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William James Culver and an Unlikely Restaurant Connection

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:55:52-07:00June 22nd, 2015|Categories: Artifact Spotlight|Tags: 1904, 1994.056.0023, jail, Marion County Courthouse, Restaurants, Salem, Salem City Hall, White House Restaurant, William James Culver|

Receipt for meals for prisoners made out to W.J. Culver. WHC Collections 1994.056.0023. by Sue Masse and Kylie Pine In [...]

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WhatWasThere

Heritage Center2012-03-15T23:29:25-07:00March 15th, 2012|Categories: History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: Marion County Courthouse, WhatWasThere|

Find out what used to be there in and around Salem. http://www.whatwasthere.com/browseEmbed.aspx#/id/36675/info/sv/

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Salem's Underground…Toilets

Heritage Center2020-11-22T20:28:21-08:00August 16th, 2011|Categories: History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: Marion County Courthouse, Public toilet, Salem Underground, Toilet|

Corner of State and High Streets looking to the northeastIn looking at this image of the Marion County Courthouse today, our volunteer Bob Tompkins pointed [...]

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Marion County Courthouse
Marion County Courthouse

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