Polio Vaccine Trial Comes to Salem
It has been interesting to see how the news turns to history in contextualizing current events. I get it. I find history pretty comforting [...]
July 2021
May 2021
Safeway in Salem
Aerial image of South Commercial Street (c. 1955-1975). WHC Collections 2006.001.0196 - detail It all started with an unidentified aerial photograph. Squinting [...]
April 2021
Mattie Hunt
Mattie Hunt, WHC Collections M3 2007-010-0012 Mattie Hunt [Allen] Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1890-1903 [...]
Emil Koppe
Emil Koppe, WHC Collections M3 2007-010-0012 Emil Koppe Job Title(s) Weaver, Loom Foreman, Superintendent Dates of Employment c. 1891-1895 [...]
John Fisher
John Fisher, WHC Collection M3 1992-008-0003 John Fisher Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1893-1908 / 1915-1928 / [...]
William Ernst
William Ernst, WHC Collections M3 2007-010-0012 William Ernst Job Title(s) Weaver Dates of Employment c. 1896 [...]
St. Paul’s School
St. Paul's Church and rectory at southwest corner of Church and Chemeketa Streets. Cronise Photo. Greg Nelson Collection, Salem Public Library. [...]
February 2021
St. Paul’s A.M.E. Church, Salem, Oregon
St. Paul's A.M.E. Church, Salem, Oregon. Photo Source: State Library of Oregon reference number 2006.001.0705. In my line of work, I have [...]
January 2021
Address Numbering Changes in the City of Salem
Have an address in Salem, Oregon that dates to before 1904? Chances are you will have a difficult time finding it on today's map. [...]
August 2020
Merritt Davis Business College
Merritt Davis Business College was a private professional school in Salem, Oregon founded in 1941. It operated under several names until 1944.