Dr. S.A. Davis Comes to Salem, 1890
It was likely a warm summer day when the steam locomotive huffed and hissed into the Salem railroad depot in 1890, and the travel [...]
September 2023
August 2023
Women Working on the Railroad in Salem
The Women of Salem's Wartime Roundhouse Donna Beall at the Salem Roundhouse. Photo by Ben Maxwell. Published in the Capital Journal Friday, May 24, 1946. [...]
December 2022
First Christian Church
First Christian Church A.K.A. Christian Church Unless otherwise noted, information was taken from the booklet "First Christian Church, Salem, Oregon The Centennial Story 1855-1955" [...]
October 2022
Confluence
Confluence LGBT Chorus Whether doing karaoke with your friends or being in the crowd of a concert, it cannot be argued that when singing [...]
September 2022
Salem Pride
After the riot at New York City’s Stonewall bar in June of 1969 and the gathering that occurred the next year, many LGBTQ+ communities [...]
May 2022
Nora Anderson
Portrait of Nora L. Anderson. WHC Collections 1997.012 A major honor accorded to Nora Anderson during her lifetime was the dedication of the [...]
February 2022
Salem’s Emancipation Jubilee Celebrations
By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation…That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one [...]
November 2021
Mrs. J.W. Weatherford’s Hair Jewelry Business
Salem woman helped support herself making jewelry from human hair Source: 1880 Salem City Directory. I love city directories. Like phone books [...]
May 2021
Safeway in Salem
Aerial image of South Commercial Street (c. 1955-1975). WHC Collections 2006.001.0196 - detail It all started with an unidentified aerial photograph. Squinting [...]
April 2021
St. Paul’s School
St. Paul's Church and rectory at southwest corner of Church and Chemeketa Streets. Cronise Photo. Greg Nelson Collection, Salem Public Library. [...]