Culture
The U.S. Bank in downtown Salem keeps a nod to old ways of doing things with a store of old bank equipment.
From a century-old safe – still in use – to decades-old adding machines and bank equipment
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The former Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in Salem produced wool from 1889-1962.
It is no longer in the wool production business, but has been designated an American Treasure by the National Park Service.
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That’s a lot of horse rides.
More than 275,000 people have ridden the Salem Riverfront Carousel ever since it opened in June 2001.
The carousel features wooden hand-carved horses and plays old-time
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Art lover George Guthrie developed the Elsinore Theatre in 1926‚ and he modeled the building to look like the castle in Shakespeare’s drama‚ Hamlet. The cost to construct the Tudor Gothic structure
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A number of farms are in the business of commercial flower production‚ with several farms open to the public for tours and shopping. For example‚ Schreiner’s Iris Gardens and Cooley’s Gardens are
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