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C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs
C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs

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C.A. Whale – Pianos and Organs

Heritage Center2020-12-29T14:48:20-08:00June 18th, 2017|Categories: History Tidbits, People|Tags: Annie B. McClure, C.A. Whale, C.A. Whale Piano and Organ House, California, California Great Registers, Capital mine, Charles Alfred Whale, Charles Frederick Whale, Charley Sauver, Chemeketa Hotel, City View Cemetery, Commercial St., Copperopolis Railroad, electric piano, electrocution, fairgrounds, Farmington, Gilbert Brothers, LIght and Power Co., Little North Fork, Louise Idella Whale, Milton, mining, Oregon Eclipse, Oregon State Fair, Oregon State Supreme Court, organ, piano, Pioneer Trust Bank, Portland Railway, Salem Hospital, Santiam Canyon, Sarah Louise Thompson, Stockton, Valentines Day, Willamette Valley, William Galliher|

C.A. Whale Piano and Organ House on Commercial St. circa 1902-1905. Willamette Heritage Center 2017.028.0001 We have learned here in the research [...]

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Salem Commercial Club Annual Report glimpse into Salem 100 years ago

Heritage Center2016-12-28T17:43:15-08:00January 28th, 2016|Categories: Archives Spotlight, Community Memories|Tags: City of Salem, Oregon State Fair, Salem Commercial Club, Swimming, Willamette River, World War I|

This article was written for the Statesman Journal and appeared in publication on January 1, 2017. It is reproduced here with full citations for [...]

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October 5, 1914

Heritage Center2014-10-05T19:05:49-07:00October 5th, 2014|Categories: World War I in Marion County|Tags: Baby Contest, D.J. Grant, Dallas, Dorris Lee Gordon, Dr. Mary Madigan, Eugenics, Jack Grant, Oregon State Fair|

by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Today’s headlines from the Capital Journal: EXPERTS ARE POOR PROPHETS Predicted Victory for the Allies by Monday, But It Is [...]

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September 28, 1914

Heritage Center2014-09-29T17:47:38-07:00September 29th, 2014|Categories: World War I in Marion County|Tags: Oregon State Fair|

by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent For the first time since the start of the war, the lead headline did not report the course of [...]

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Pauline Looney

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:35-07:00November 1st, 2012|Categories: Archives Spotlight, History Tidbits, People|Tags: 1843, horsewoman, Jefferson, Jesse Looney, Oregon State Fair, Pauline Looney, Ruby C. Bond Looney|

Ruth Sather Collection, 1986.015.0055 In a collection of materials from Jefferson, comes this photo and an unsourced typewritten description of Pauline Looney: Pauline Looney--was an excellent [...]

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Celebrities in Salem

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:36-07:00September 6th, 2012|Categories: History Tidbits, Uncategorized|Tags: Alex Haley, Bob Hope, Charles Fullerton, Charles Gordon Fullerton, Charles Kuralt, Cher, Chill Wills, Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, Dolly Parton, Dwight L. Moody, Grace Fullerton, Grand Theatre, John Denver, Johnnie Ray, Johnny Cash, Louis Armstrong, Mary Pickford, Nelson Rockefeller, Oregon State Fair, Paul Patterson, Peace Pilgrim, Roy Clark, Roy Rogers, Smothers Brothers, Sonny and Cher, Thomas E. Gaddis, Vicki Lawrence, Will Geer, Willamette University|

We came across this list of famous people who visited or were connected with Salem in some way. There were no citations with it and [...]

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The Wonder cow

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:44-07:00January 26th, 2012|Categories: Archives Spotlight|Tags: Capital Monumental Works, country life, cows, Headstones, Livestock, Oregon State Fair, Vive La France, Wonder Cow|

Found in the collections yesterday, the original contract for building the monument stone of Jersey Cow, Vive La France -- the Wonder Cow. She had [...]

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