Sgt. Major John W. Jackson and Caroline Woodson Jackson
Tombstone of John W. and Caroline Woodson Jackson in Hayesville Cemetery, Salem, Oregon. Photo taken February 2023. Photo by Kylie Pine Salem’s [...]
March 2023
November 2018
1892 Map of Salem
1892 Map of Salem detail. WHC collections 1986.017.0004. The 1892 Map of Salem, Oregon published by the Union Abstract Company (WHC 1986.017.0004) [...]
August 2018
Movies Come to Salem
Movies Got a Slow Start in Salem Movie culture didn’t take off right away in Salem, it evolved slowly through pop up venues, carnival [...]
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 [...]
August 2017
Salem Daily Record, 1867-1868
Salem Daily Record Index The Salem Daily Record appears to have been a newspaper published from 1867-1868 in Salem, Oregon. After finding a hand-written [...]
January 2015
January 1, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent End of Year Summary The purpose of this chronicle is not to tell the story of the Great War. [...]
July 2014
Otto Anderson Sends to John and Emily on their Wedding Day, 1911
WHC Collections, 2014.040.0001 This postcard (2014.040.0001) was recently transferred to the Willamette Heritage Center. Postmarked 1911, the message on the [...]
December 2013
Hayesville Women's Club, 2013.070.0001
These programs from the Hayesville Women's Club (Salem, Oregon) are a few of the new things received by the Willamette Heritage Center this past month. [...]
Geo. C. Will Piano and Sewing Machine Merchant
George C. Will, Elks Portrait. WHC 1992.005.0175 The following information appeared in the Statesman Journal Newspaper, Sunday November 24, 2013. It [...]
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 [...]