E.A. Daue Political Card Collection (1983.43.51)
Collection Overview This collections spanning at least 1914-1938 contains a wide variety of election cards used by candidates of both the Republican and Democratic [...]
November 2022
Finding Salem’s Chinatown(s)
Exhibit: Finding Salem's Chinatown(s) November 11, 2022 - May 6, 2023 Unidentified Couple, photo by Salem-based photographer Myra Sperry. Oregon Historical Society Collections, [...]
August 2022
Bob Schwartz and the Blue Note
Bob Schwartz, Blue Note Vocalist. McEwan Photo Studios, Jan 1955. WHC Collections 2006.002.0687. Passion for Jazz Led to Firing of Salem Police Officer [...]
May 2022
Christine Miller
Christine Miller Howe, WHC Collections, M3 2007-010-0013 Christine Miller Job Title(s) Finisher, Burler Dates of Employment c. 1905-1947 [...]
February 2022
Susan B. Anthony’s 80th Birthday Celebration
Photograph of invitation for event held in Salem in honor of Susan B. Anthony's 80th Birthday. WHC Collections 1994.087.0045 detail. At least one [...]
January 2022
Electric Alley
Electric Alley Renaming reminds us that Domestic Electricity is a Relatively New Innovation Electric Alley as it now stands in Salem, Oregon. Numbered [...]
The Flu Hidden in Christmas Card, 63.1.21.16.11
Apparently Cheery postcard belied a hard year for one family. WHC Collections 63.1.21.16.11 In cataloging what, by all appearances, looked like very [...]
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 [...]
October 2021
Japanese American Community, 1942
On March 27, 1942, Rev. Andrew Y. Kuroda of the Salem Japanese Community Church completed a census of Japanese American Families living in Salem [...]
September 2021
Oregon Motor Stages Employees Celebrate Salem’s Centennial with Whiskers
Riley Robertson, Oregon Motor Stages Employee showcasing whiskers grown for Salem Centennial Celebration in 1940. WHC Collections 1995.015.0018 Bus Drivers and Whiskerinos – [...]