Eola Acres Florist and Gift Shop
This Metsker map for Polk County dated 1962 shows the breadth and scope of the Eola Acres 144-acre farm formerly held by the Gilbert-Patterson [...]
January 2022
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 [...]
December 2021
A Bear-y Good Time of Year
The Cinnamon Bear Tradition at Lipman's in Salem Lipman's Advertisement in the Capital Journal Newspaper 25 November 1954. “And here’s the Cinnamon Bear!” [...]
104th Cavalry Comes to Salem
"Merry - Xmas 104 Cav" is decorated on one end of the wall. Photo dated December 25, 1943. Photo taken at the Oregon [...]
August 2017
Marion Memories by Ivan Hadley, 1975
Ivan Lowell Hadley 2 Aug 1897, Marion, Marion, Oregon - 23 April 1986, Yamhill County, Oregon. This typed sheet was found in the WHC [...]
December 2016
Holiday Windows – Renska’s Specialty Shop
1928 Christmas display window of the Specialty Shop owned by Renska Swart.Photo Credit: WHC 1963.001.0064.001.83 “Despite the hurry [...]
December 2014
A Christmas Dispatch From Our World War I Correspondent
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The information in this article was published March 24, 1915, but is pertinent to [...]
December 20, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent In the spirit of the season, the Oregon Statesman published this poem by Mrs F. T. Porter, of Salem: [...]
December 20, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent In the spirit of the season, the Oregon Statesman published this poem by Mrs F. T. Porter, of Salem: [...]
December 2013
Mele Kalikimaka, 1942
This menu found in the Willamette Heritage Center's collection s(X2013.021.0002) shows what was for dinner at Pearl Harbor's Naval Air Station 71 years ago today. [...]