Quinaby Park, 1995.010.0026
Quinaby Park, WHC 1995.010.0026 We came across this photo today (WHC 1995.0010.0026). It is labeled “Quinaby Park” on the back. [...]
March 2014
January 2014
Mild Weather in Comparison, 2002.026.0001
A view of Miller’s Department Store in Salem (now known as Reed Opera House building) at the SW corner of Liberty [...]
First Donation of the New Year, 2014.001
This photo-postcard is the first donation to the WHC of the new year. It features a photograph of Rufus Boatwright in what he writes is [...]
December 2013
Rev. Plutarch S. Knight, 2006.013.0066
2006.013.0067 Plutarch S. Knight 2006.013.0067. Rev. Plutarch S. Knight. Boston-born, he came to Oregon in 1853 and was pretty much a Renaissance man. [...]
Salem Snapshot, 2009.052.0003
This great little snapshot (WHC 2009.052.0003) of downtown Salem focuses on the rooftops lining State Street from High Street (at bottom of image) to about [...]
October 2013
Galloners Club, X2011.003.0016.001
WHC X2011.003.0016.0001 With the help of the Statesman Journal we were able to run this photo in last Sunday’s (October [...]
July 2013
Muellhaupt Family
Thanks to the hard work of volunteers Kaylyn and Sandy, the Willamette Heritage Center has finished processing a large donation of materials that document the [...]
April 2013
Ghosting
As I was going through an old photo album, I came across sheets of tissue paper that were placed between photos to protect them. Overtime [...]
March 2013
Parsonage circa 1930
Before the Parsonage was moved to our site, it stood approximately where the William G. Paulus Administrative building for the Salem-Keizer School District stands today [...]
February 2013
Silverton High School Junior Class 1947
Silverton High School. Junior Class. 1947. Photo by Bob McEwan. 2006.086.0050.031 Thanks to the quick thinking and connections of one [...]