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 [...]
August 2022
January 2021
New Year’s News, 1921
100 Years ago, headlines noted the opening of Pomeroy & Keene Jewelers on State and Liberty Streets. This image shows the building in [...]
July 2019
Policing with Radar Pioneered in Northwest by Salem Police Department
Salem was the first Police Department in the Pacific Northwest to adopt the use of radar to catch speeding motorists.
December 2011
Salem's version of the Bat Signal
The small bulb you can see hanging above the intersection may at first look like some kind of traffic signal. In fact, the light served [...]