If Walls Could Talk – Pearson Family Story
It began with a simple home improvement project adding insulation to a bedroom closet wall to improve energy efficiency in an old 1920s farmhouse. [...]
September 2016
August 2016
White’s Restaurant
Maynard Drawson holding a White’s Restaurant menu featuring Maynard’s Meatloaf special.Photo Credit: Willamette Heritage Center 2007.050.0002 White’s Restaurant at 1138 Commercial St. [...]
July 2016
William and Ann Rector
Readers should feel free to use information from this article, however credit must be given to the Willamette Heritage Center and to the author. by [...]
Robert Newell
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June 2016
Hannah Martin – first female legislator from Marion County 1932-1940
Hannah Martin, first woman elected to the Oregon State Legislature. Photo Credit - Oregon Voter, December 31, 1932 Each summer as school [...]
Hermogenes B. Carbonell
Hermogenes Barba Carbonell senior portrait, Salem High School CLARION Annual, 1918. WHC 1997.021 Hermogenes Barba Carbonell was born on December 8, 1896 in [...]
Jason Lee
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Friendly Farm Restaurant – Jim & Marguerite Sumpter
The Daily Capital Journal newspaper dated November 5, 1938 stated it perfectly. “Some people have a way of always making you feel welcome. That's [...]
Judson Dairy not too far removed from today’s urban Salem
by Kylie Pine (originally published in Statesman Journal May 1, 2016) Bottle caps from the Judson Dairy which operated at 1000 Judson Street in [...]
May 2016
The Hirsch Family
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