1965 Veterans Day Parade – Salem
The rumble of National Guard tanks mixed with bands and marching feet Thursday as Salem observed Veterans Day with its biggest parade in many [...]
November 2015
October 2015
Hello Alice – Haas family postcard 1908
Contributed by WHC volunteer Mike Nugent Oregon State Reform School WHC x2013.010.0022 WHC x2013.010.0022 Hello [...]
July 2015
P.J. Larsen & Sons – Wagon Making
This article was written for the Statesman Journal and published in February 2014. It is reproduced here for reference purposes. 1931 Chevy House Car [...]
June 2015
William James Culver and an Unlikely Restaurant Connection
Receipt for meals for prisoners made out to W.J. Culver. WHC Collections 1994.056.0023. by Sue Masse and Kylie Pine In [...]
May 2015
May 25, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Locally, the paper reported that “Radical Unionism Not Be Tolerated on New Building:” School Board Enjoined To Avoid Danger [...]
May 25, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Locally, the paper reported that “Radical Unionism Not Be Tolerated on New Building:” School Board Enjoined To Avoid Danger [...]
Tokio Sukiyaki House and Frank Tanaka
This article was written for the Statesman Journal and published Sunday May 3rd. It is reproduced here with citations and additional images for reference purposes. [...]
May 7, 2015
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Across the front page of the Capital Journal was a single headline: LINER LUSITANIA SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE 1400 [...]
March 2015
March 27, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The editorial in the Saturday edition of the Capital Journal comments upon the apartments under construction on Court Street: [...]
Quick History of The Ram
The Ram Restaurant and Brewery, located in 2015 at 515 12th St SE in Salem has been a gathering place since about 1940, when [...]