Thomas Maplethorpe
Thomas Maplethorpe in Shoe Store. Back of image reads "Tom Maplethorpe shoe store, Salem, Ore. State ST. Next to Bush Bank."WHC Collections: 1983.004.0008.009. [...]
March 2019
What We Wore
The History of Clothing in the past 150 years has been a history of constant change. Everything from dresses [...]
Mystery Scrapbook
In 1983 a rather non-descript black photo album was donated to the Marion County Historical Society. Only a third of the pages were filled [...]
Brochure: Rigdon’s New Colonial Chapel
Access digitized version of this pamphlet here. Rigdon's New Colonial Chapel The building at 299 Cottage St NE in Salem today [...]
Love Under Electric Lights
“A Woman Just Divorced, Weds Her First Love Beneath the Glare of an Electric Light,” read the headline. If they had had clickbait back [...]
February 2019
Mrs. A.L. Stinson
Mystery photo remains unidentified, but still tells an interesting story of an early businesswoman in Salem: Mrs. A.L. Stinson, also known as Sarah Watt [...]
Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in Wartime
Survey of documentation of changes in operations due to wartime conditions at the Thomas Kay woolen Mill, Salem, Oregon During World War I and [...]
January 2019
Electrifying Salem
It started out as an easy question. When was Salem first electrified? In preparing for the museum’s upcoming exhibit – Yesterdayland: Innovations of the [...]
Finding New Music 100 Years Ago
How do you find music to listen to? I was recently reflecting on the way music access has changed in my own life in the [...]
Stitches and Stories
Stitches & Stories: Discoveries from the Oregon Quilt Project An Exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center September 27 - December 23, 2019 For the [...]