Duck Inn
Bob the Duck, installed to advertise Salem's Duck in, has witnessed several restaurants from its perch at 1980 State Street. Photo taken 2019. [...]
May 2019
April 2019
Bethany
Historic twin communities of Bethany and Silverton. WHC 2007.072.0002 Along the banks of Silver Creek in the late 1840s two twin communities [...]
February 2019
Old Waconda
Over a hundred years before the fictional country of Wakanda appeared on the scene in Marvel comics, Marion county was home to the small, [...]
January 2019
Morningside School
Rocky Beginnings for Morningside School 'Tis the season for homecomings and school reunions. This past week we had a couple in to inquire about [...]
December 2018
Holiday House at Eola Acres
Holiday House advertisement as it appeared in the Statesman Journal November 25, 1960. “One of the Northwest’s greatest yuletide traditions”according to the [...]
Thanksgiving 1901 at Marion School
Thanksgiving postcard from the turn of the Thanksgiving greeting from the turn of the century WHC 2011.037.0268 In anticipation of delicious Thanksgiving meals [...]
October 2018
Shaw
Main road through Shaw, Oregon circa 1909. Left to right, Schomus General Store, WaldoHills Hotel and the Catholic church. TheMethodist church is also visible in [...]
September 2018
Beans Delayed Start of Salem Schools in 1953
Beans Delayed Start of Salem Schools in 1953 Beans? Yes. Beans. The hot topic at the Salem School Board meetings in July of 1953 [...]
Belle Passi
Neill and Esther Johnson, Belpassi pioneers. Used with permission from Ancestry.com - MGB Family Tree. It was late August 1851, a miserably wet [...]
August 2018
Movies Come to Salem
Movies Got a Slow Start in Salem This summer’s exhibit at the Willamette Heritage Center looks at how technology changed our community between 1880-1920. [...]