Chinese Businesses
Salem's Historic Chinese Businesses 1893 Laundries Gee Lee, 160 Commerical Street Hong Sing Lung Company, 150 High Street Sung Lung, 105 Court Street 1902 [...]
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Chinese Americans
Salem’s Chinese Americans Chinese Americans have been living in Salem since at least 1860.[1] Despite this long presence, it has been harder to trace [...]
Charlotte Dickenson
Charlotte Dickinson In her journal entry of January 24, 1853, Charlotte Dickinson wrote of a shipboard encounter with an African-America cook, "He is a [...]
Charles McNary
Charles Linza McNary (1874-1944) 1940. Charles McNary, on cover of LIFE. WHC Collections x2012.016.1753 Charles Linza McNary, jurist, statesman, and orchardist from [...]
Charles Bennett
Captain Charles Bennett (1811-1855) Tombstone - Pioneer Cemetery - Commercial St. SE and Hoyt St. SE. Inscription - "Chase Bennett. Died Dec. 7, [...]
Carl Hall
Carl Hall His art is featured at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. 1975-4-02, Artist Carl Hall (in plaid jacket) stands on the [...]
Ben Maxwell
Ben Maxwell The following includes excerpts from an article in Marion County History, Volume XIII written by his friend, Al Jones. Ben Maxwell. [...]
Asahel Bush
Asahel Bush (1824-1913) Portrait of Asahel Bush with a neatly trimmed grey beard and large bowtie. Photograph originally came from the Murray Wade [...]
Africans Americans
African Americans in Salem African American settlers in Salem faced many difficult obstacles. Although slavery was illegal in Oregon, it was not unheard of [...]
AC Gilbert
A.C. Gilbert In 1891, knowing his young son’s interest in magic, A.C. Gilbert’s father took him to the Reed Opera House to see "Hermann [...]