Rescuing Europe, 1947
This snippet came out of a Marion and Polk County directory, called Heart of the Valley, published November, 1947. (X2013.021.0003, front cover) Years after peace [...]
October 2013
April 2013
Japanese Girl Tells of Camp, 1942
This article was a front page news story in the Clarion (X2013.011.0022), the newspaper of Salem High School. It provides excerpts of a first [...]
February 2013
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 [...]
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 [...]
September 2011
Fall OHQ features stories on Canoe Journey Exhibit and Salem Native
The Fall 2011 issue of the Oregon Historical Quarterly featured two articles on Mid-Willamette Valley History. Shawash Iliʔi Kǝnim Ikanum (Grand Ronde Canoe Story) by [...]