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  • Behind The News in Salem
    The Salem Evening News (1954)
    Around the mid-1950s, the Salem Evening News ran a series titled "Behind the News in Salem," which highlighted around 100 of its employees. This feature offered readers a behind-the-scenes look at the staff responsible for producing the daily newspaper, showcasing the individuals who contributed to its operations and success. The Salem Evening News was founded by Robin Damon (1862-1920) in October 1880. Initially based in the Browne Block at 224 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts, the newspaper briefly relocated to the Arrington Block at 159-189 Washington Street before returning to its original site. As the business grew, a printing press capable of producing 25,000 papers per hour was installed at 10 ½ Lafayette Street. By 1897, the Salem Evening News reached an estimated 90,000 daily readers. In 1927, the newspaper moved to a newly built two-story facility at 155 Washington Street, later expanding into the adjacent Central House. The paper continued to thrive and introduced its iconic witch logo on April 2, 1969. After four generations in the Damon family, the Salem Evening News was sold to Ottaway Newspapers in 1994 and later merged with regional papers at the former Beverly Times office. In August 2002, it rebranded as The Salem News.

  • The A&P News
    The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (1926-05-31)
    Weekly newsletter for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company

  • Murder of Marie Rose LaCombe
    Salem Evening News (Salem Evening News, 1944)
    Fourteen-year-old Salem High School student Marie Rose LaCombe was murdered in November 1944. Her body was found behind the Salem High School adjacent to the football field. Frank Symanowicz was accused of the murder but died by suicide in a lodging house at 134 Bridge Street in Salem, prior to being charged.

  • Haunted Happenings
    Salem Chamber of Commerce (Salem Chamber of Commerce, 1985)

  • Welcome Home Banquet and Reception to Canadian Klondike Club Veterans of World War Two
    Canadian Klondike Club (1946)

  • Pinkham Pioneers, 1873-1926
    Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., 1926)

  • The Salem Fire Relief
    Perry, Montayne (Milo A. Newhall & Co., Printers, 1915)
    'The story of fire relief at Salem, Massachusetts, was published as a newspaper serial when temporary rehabilitation of the families made destitute by the conflagration, had been completed. Its purpose was to furnish the inquiring public an unofficial account of the problems connected with giving relief to fire sufferers and the methods employed in the effort to give justice and satisfaction to both recipients of relief and donors of the fund. It is reprinted in its present form, at the request of persons engaged in social service, because it is deemed valuable as embodying information applicable to the giving of any emergency relief." Reprint of a serial published in the Salem Evening News.

  • Report of Salem Rebuilding Commission
    Salem, (Mass.). Rebuilding Commission (Newcomb & Gauss, 1917)
    Created by Act of Massachusetts Legislature, Chapter 777, Acts of 1914. Members appointed by His Excellency, Governor David I Walsh, July 7th, 1914. For the term of three years. Members of the Commission: Edmund W. Longley, Dan A. Donahue, Eugene J. Fabens, Emile Poirier, Michael L. Sullivan 35 pages of text, 10 pages of photos, 2 fold-out maps.

  • Data on Burned District at Salem, Mass.
    F.W. Dodge Company (F. W. Dodge Company, 1914)
    "Nature of Buildings Burned - Materials of Original Construction - Assessed Valuation on Land and Buildings - also Insurance on Buildings and Contents, where obtainable. Arranged according to Name of Owners, Street Location and Classes of Buildings." 20 pages.

  • The Conflagration at Salem, Mass., and the Destruction of the Mills of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co., June 25, 1914.
    Smith, Charles H.; Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies ([Boston, Inspection Dept., Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies], 1914)
    24 page booklet; fire inspector's report (15 pages), illustrations (9 pages), folding map, plus two folding plates. "This pamphlet is substantially a reprint of the Department Fire Report, prepared by Mr. C. H. Smith, and is circulated that all Members may have the full advantage of this experience."

  • The First Twelve Years of the Salem Fraternity, 1869-1881
    Salem Fraternity (1881-01-01)
    32 pages; 17 cm

  • Bakers Island
    Homer's of Beverly (1950-01-01)
    Early 1950s photographs of Bakers Island in Salem, Massachusetts.

  • Catalogue of Works of Art
    State Normal School at Salem (1905-01-01)
    137 works of art on display at Salem Normal School, c. 1905.

  • What to see in Salem
    Dennis, Albert Woodbury (The Salem Press Co., 1915-01-01)
    16 unnumbered pages illustrations (including map) mounted portrait 23 x 19 cm

  • Alice F. Emmerton House
    Salem Teachers College (1957-01-01)
    Alice F. Emmerton House 376 Lafayette Street Salem, Massachusetts

  • Students React to National Tragedy
    Log, The (2001-10-12)

  • A Souvenir from Salem Willows and Past History of Old Salem
    Sweeney, Daniel (1940-01-01)

  • One Hundred Years of Printing Service
    Newcomb and Gauss (Newcomb and Gauss, 1923-01-01)

  • Inventory of Household Goods
    Woman's Friend Society (1914-10-01)

  • Brief Abstract of Ordinances of the City of Salem
    City of Salem (1898-01-01)

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