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Bob Schwartz and the Blue Note

2022-06-21T21:34:07-07:00August 13th, 2022|Categories: Community Memories, People, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Bob Schwartz, Blue Note Vocalist. McEwan Photo Studios, Jan 1955. WHC Collections 2006.002.0687. Passion for Jazz Led to Firing of Salem Police Officer [...]

February 2022

January 2022

Historic Marion: Salem YMCA Celebrates Centennial

2022-01-28T12:48:52-08:00January 29th, 2022|Categories: Community Memories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

This article was written by Al Jones for the November 1992 issue of Historic Marion, the Marion County Historical Society Newsletter Vol. 30, No. [...]

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Minto Island Hop Yard

2021-12-06T11:38:22-08:00January 15th, 2022|Categories: Community Memories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Hop Yards on Minto's Island. WHC Collections 1997.014.0018. Minto’s Island Ranch: From Hops Fields to Industrial Settling Ponds to Park I have a [...]

December 2021

A Bear-y Good Time of Year

2021-12-16T13:13:58-08:00December 16th, 2021|Categories: Community Memories|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The Cinnamon Bear Tradition at Lipman's in Salem Lipman's Advertisement in the Capital Journal Newspaper 25 November 1954. “And here’s the Cinnamon Bear!” [...]

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