Salem Easter Traditions – Egg Hunts, Parades, Sunrise Services
Cowboy Jeff Bright, Bunny Dean Davis, and Egg Michael Linger at the 1976 Donald Easter Parade. Willamette Heritage Center 2004.025.0028 "Here comes [...]
April 2017
The Zwicker Family and the Fluff Rug Industry
Recycling was just a part of good business at the Zwicker Family's Salem Fluff Rug and Mattress Factory Advertisement for the Salem Fluff Rug [...]
February 2017
Year of the Big Snow in Salem was 1937
The “Big Snow” hit Salem 80 years ago This past week we marked the 80th anniversary of Salem’s record-setting single snow fall day. From [...]
January 2017
January 1943 Flood: Mellow Moon Tragedy
Mellow Moon Pavilion was built the summer of 1925 by owners Mills and Albright at the west end of the Marion-Polk county bridge in [...]
December 2016
Salem’s Outdoor Christmas Tree
Judge ShawWHC 63.1.62.1.25 Once upon a time, in the city of Salem long ago, there was a little Christmas tree, a Norway [...]
Holiday Windows – Renska’s Specialty Shop
1928 Christmas display window of the Specialty Shop owned by Renska Swart.Photo Credit: WHC 1963.001.0064.001.83 “Despite the hurry [...]
October 2016
Wentz Family – Ghost Story
The story played out in a brief succession of news articles in 1892. Eyewitness accounts. Ghost siting reported on the Wentz farm about 10 [...]
Fischer Flour Mill
A simple quilt pieced from the wool shirts and long johns in a housewife’s scrap bag. The backing made from re-purposed flour bags with [...]
Haniger Hat Shop
Interior view of Haniger Hat Shop.WHC 1994.056.0001 “Wait a minute. Don’t be in such a rush spending your [...]
September 2016
Ringling Brothers Circus 1907
Circus program 1907. WHC 2014.082.0318 On Wednesday, August 28, 1907 the “greatest show on earth” came to town. [...]