tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post3902077214903864437..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: More on 148 North Liberty as Early Fred MeyerSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-86482448786536413572022-03-30T18:37:17.321-07:002022-03-30T18:37:17.321-07:00Added dates for the shift to retail.Added dates for the shift to retail.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-9991528701490553962019-01-04T07:24:22.743-08:002019-01-04T07:24:22.743-08:00Added notes on the closure from 1956 - 1968 as wel...Added notes on the closure from 1956 - 1968 as well as a misidentified storefront.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-20304837121304469222018-08-06T18:23:08.931-07:002018-08-06T18:23:08.931-07:00Added note on history column in Sunday's paper...Added note on history column in Sunday's paper.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-87578277266913581132017-10-02T08:39:27.504-07:002017-10-02T08:39:27.504-07:00(Different anon here...)
Maybe Anon/Unknown poste...(Different anon here...)<br /><br />Maybe Anon/Unknown posted the photo to Reddit the other day?<br /><br />https://www.reddit.com/r/SALEM/comments/73crlb/youll_find_it_at_fred_meyer_in_1938/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-52110714758630196202017-01-07T20:18:47.549-08:002017-01-07T20:18:47.549-08:00Ahh, that makes sense. I'll try to get a good ...Ahh, that makes sense. I'll try to get a good picture of the ghost sign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-700986165883799322017-01-07T16:45:12.181-08:002017-01-07T16:45:12.181-08:00Oh, that ghost sign is a good find!
At the moment...Oh, that ghost sign is a good find!<br /><br />At the moment, though, I do not think that 140 became 160. It's clear that there's a relation between 140 and 148, but the Hughes-Durbin buillding had Penney's, not Fred Meyer. Here's <a href="https://ccrls.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/oslpublic/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002f22792/ada?qu=wigan&te=ASSET" rel="nofollow">a photo of that</a>. According to the Downtown Historic District information, "<i>The original Hughes-Durbin Building was built in 1916 at this location. It was a two-story brick building. This building appears to have been constructed c. 1945 and although remnants of the original building may remain, the materials, design and overall appearance changed so drastically it is considered to have been constructed in the 1940s.</i>" The photo shows that original two-story brick configuration, not the later configuration we know as the Metropolitan building. ("Limousine Life" was showing the the Liberty Theater in March of 1918, so that's a likely date for the photo.)<br /><br />Probably the ghost sign is just advertising for Fred Meyer at 140 N. Liberty.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-16774649989556797182017-01-07T16:01:45.039-08:002017-01-07T16:01:45.039-08:00140 N Liberty must have become 160 N Liberty, no? ...140 N Liberty must have become 160 N Liberty, no? On the backside of the Hughes-Durbin building (aka The Metropolitan) you can see the remnants of an old Fred Meyer decal on the brick.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065618588051238212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-80451581800181313922017-01-07T12:40:58.710-08:002017-01-07T12:40:58.710-08:00And it turns out that photo is from the State Libr...And it turns out that photo is from the State Library's collection, so the image is now properly credited. Here's <a href="https://ccrls.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/oslpublic/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002f20946/ada?qu=pershing&te=ASSET" rel="nofollow">a much smaller and inferior image from straight-on</a>.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-38208196493816011702017-01-07T12:26:38.673-08:002017-01-07T12:26:38.673-08:00Updated with a better photo, securely dated, of th...Updated with a better photo, securely dated, of the theater next to the Roth building.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-91312340100861692062017-01-07T11:13:13.713-08:002017-01-07T11:13:13.713-08:00Oops! I forgot that there's a picture of Ye Li...Oops! I forgot that there's <a href="http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm/ref/collection/max/id/1261" rel="nofollow">a picture of Ye Liberty</a>, not very well reproduced unfortunately, in the Salem Library Historic Photo Collections. It is identified as at 170 N. Commercial rather than 140 N. Liberty. But this seems unlikely at the moment and probably the result of something garbled.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.com