Salem in Portraits
Portraits and brief biographical sketches of Salem individuals from 1930. Persons included were nominated by friends with the only qualification being their active [...]
January 2022
August 2005
Jason Lee Biography
Jason Lee (1803-1845) 1840c. Head and Shoulder photo of Jason Lee at approx. age of 40 years. WHC Collections 1998.008.0007 In 1832, [...]
Jackie Winters
Jackie Winters Jackie Winters. At this time she is serving in the state legislature as a senator. WHC Collections x2011.003.0093 When asked [...]
Isabela Ott
Isabela Varela (Herrera Garnica) Ott Isabela Varela was born in Spain, but her childhood was spent near Guadalajara, Mexico where her father was a [...]
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover: Three Important Years In Marion County Herbert Hoover, teenager. "Photo courtesty of Mrs. Charles Stratton". WHC Collections 2007.001.0667 Herbert Hoover, [...]
Helen Dearborn
Helen Dearborn: Salem's Only Female Postmaster Man in three-piece suit with a beard and woman in a long skirt and light blouse with [...]
Hannah Hanzen
Hannah (Dautoff) Hanzen Hannah Martin. WHC Collections 2011.037.1008 Hannah Hanzen once said, "No, I don't believe in women in politics, I don't [...]
Hallie Hinges
Hallie Parrish Hinges Al Jones, 1903,This photograph was displayed as a part of the Cemeteries exhibit from January through March, 1995 in the [...]
Georgette Yoshikai
Georgette Yoshikai Georgette remembers December 8, 1941. "My sisters, brothers, and I were waiting for the school bus like always. The bus approached us [...]
George Sun
George Sun's Comments on Salem (1922) 1897. Two Chinese gentlemen dressed in Chinese apparrel sit in front of panels or hangings decorated with [...]