A Bear-y Good Time of Year
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!” [...]
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!” [...]
Riley Robertson, Oregon Motor Stages Employee showcasing whiskers grown for Salem Centennial Celebration in 1940. WHC Collections 1995.015.0018 Bus Drivers and Whiskerinos – [...]
It has been interesting to see how the news turns to history in contextualizing current events. I get it. I find history pretty comforting [...]
Celebrating the Bygone-Era of Steam on Mid-Valley Farms a Tradition in Itself Steam engine belted up to a threshing machine [...]
Photo published in Oregon Bulb Company Catalog taken at company farm in West Salem and captioned "In Sheaves for the Packing Shed." WHC Collections [...]
St. Paul's A.M.E. Church, Salem, Oregon. Photo Source: State Library of Oregon reference number 2006.001.0705. In my line of work, I have [...]
Salem's Tiger Engine Company No. 2. WHC 0082.002.0022.046. For the past few years I have been captivated by this photograph. It shows [...]
Merritt Davis Business College was a private professional school in Salem, Oregon founded in 1941. It operated under several names until 1944.
IOOF HAll at the southwest corner of High and Court Streets in Salem. Photo taken after 1915. WHC Collections 2007.001.1702 The building [...]
Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, Oddfellows I.O.O.F. Detail. I.O.O.F. Letter head from certificate. WHC Collections, 2012.077.0023. Three decades after [...]