VictryPac, 2012.074.0001
This unused label (2012.074.0001) was printed for use on canned pears packed during WWII at the Oregon Fruit Products Company in Salem. The "Victrypac" description [...]
February 2013
January 2013
Yew Park School 100 Years Ago
Class at Park School, 1913. WHC Collections 1979.001.0005. As the Willamette Heritage Center prepares to host our third annual Heritage [...]
December 2012
2011.006.0004 View of Commercial Street Looking North
This great view of Salem looking north on Commercial Street is a postcard circa 1907. Notice the muddy streets and the recognizable tower of the [...]
November 2012
Salem Thinking Globally in 1957
While trolling the newspapers (T2011.001.005) on an unrelated project we came across this very interesting story of a global thinking in Salem in 1957. Spurred [...]
October 2012
Obed Dickinson's Store
We were going through an old slide collection today and came across this pretty incredible image (X2012.016.0063) of the Reverend Obed Dickinson in front of [...]
Another Find during Fall Cleaning
In moving the filing cabinets yesterday we also revealed some stickers stuck to their sides. Having just discovered the B.F. Drake collection of letters in [...]
Masonic Building
Our volunteer Richard has been cataloging and scanning commercial photos from the Robert McEwan Photo Studio. Today he found this photo of the Masonic Building [...]
Oregon Pulp & Paper Co.
We recently received a donation of a few aerial views of Salem in 1947 (2012.051). This image shows the old Oregon Pulp & Paper processing [...]
September 2012
A View of Willamette Valley Roads, 1943
Before I-5 was a twinkle in the Federal Government's eye, transportation through the valley looked a little bit different. This map, from the State Farm [...]
A View of Willamette Valley Roads, 1943
Before I-5 was a twinkle in the Federal Government's eye, transportation through the valley looked a little bit different. This map, from the State Farm [...]