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September 2020

Salem Labor Temple

2022-08-25T16:27:56-07:00September 25th, 2020|Categories: Buildings, History Tidbits, Salem History Hub|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Salem's Labor Temple stood on the North Side of Center Streets between High and Liberty Streets from 1944-1963. Built in 1927, the building original served as the Fraternal Temple -- a meeting place for local fraternal orders before being bought by the local labor council in 1944.

August 2020

Merritt Davis Business College

2022-08-25T16:28:54-07:00August 20th, 2020|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, Salem History Hub|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Merritt Davis Business College was a private professional school in Salem, Oregon founded in 1941. It operated under several names until 1944.

Central Stage Terminal and Hotel Company, 1921-1928

2022-08-25T16:30:08-07:00August 12th, 2020|Categories: History Tidbits, Salem History Hub|

Advertisement. Oregon Magazine. December 1924. WHC Collections 2008.038.0048b Salem Gets Stage Terminal The bold headline read on August 7, 1921 in the Oregon [...]

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Chemeketa Lodge No. 1, Oddfellows I.O.O.F.

2022-08-25T16:32:12-07:00August 12th, 2020|Categories: Community Memories, Salem History Hub, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

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 [...]

July 2020

June 2020

Salem’s Civic Center Art Collection

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City of Salem Art Collection Crescent Probe by James Hansen. Photo Source: Unknown - published in the 2006 Salem Online History Project [...]

August 2018

Movies Come to Salem

2022-08-25T16:45:03-07:00August 15th, 2018|Categories: Community Memories, History Tidbits, Salem History Hub|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Movies Got a Slow Start in Salem Movie culture didn’t take off right away in Salem, it evolved slowly through pop up venues, carnival [...]

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