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(newest | oldest) View (newer 50 | older 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- 11:29, 12 September 2024 Jstrom talk contribs created page Federal Theater Project (Created page with "The '''Federal Theater Project''', part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) made a big impact in Salem in the 1930's. Salem was chosen as the site of the second season's offerings, and 26 plays were performed at the Empire Theatre from 1937-38. The FTP also included the Negro Theater Project, which employed African American actors, stagehands and playwrights. Category:Browse Index ==See Also== [https://streetsofsalem.com/2024/09/09/the-plays-the-thing/ Th...")
- 11:53, 10 July 2024 Jstrom talk contribs created page Maule, Thomas (Created page with "'''Thomas Maule''' (1645 England- 1724) Quaker convert Thomas Maule settled in Salem in about 1679 and contributed to the construction of the first Quaker meeting house in Salem. During the Salem Witch Trials, he wrote the first condemnation of the witch trials and published it under his own name. In 1695, several years after the last of the accused were released from custody, Maule published a pamphlet titled Truth Held Forth and Maintained, in which he publicly criti...")
- 11:34, 2 July 2024 Jstrom talk contribs created page Real Pirates Museum (Created page with "'''Real Pirates Salem''' features real artifacts and treasure from the shipwrecked Whydah Gally. Come see real silver pieces of eight discovered at the Whydah wreck site. Explore the Discovery Lab to learn about the archaeological preservation process of centuries-old artifacts pulled from the depths. Capt. Sam (Black Sam) Bellamy sailed Whydah Gally up the coast of colonial America, capturing other ships as he went along. On 26 April 1717, Whydah Gally was caught in a v...")
- 11:29, 29 May 2024 Jstrom talk contribs created page Murphy Funeral Home (Created page with "Murphy Funeral Home was founded by Patrick Murphy in 1893 at the location of what it now the Hawthorn Hotel. It was one of the city's first funeral homes. The business moved later to a building across the street from the Immaculate Conception Church on Hawthorne Boulevard. In 1942, they relocated to North and Federal Streets; their present funeral home was built in 1965. Three generations help run the business. Francis J. Murphy, his son and the funeral home's manager, F...")
- 11:29, 22 May 2024 Jstrom talk contribs moved page U.S.S. Essex Aircraft Carrier to USS Essex Aircraft Carrier (spelling)
- 11:07, 22 May 2024 Jstrom talk contribs created page U.S.S. Essex Aircraft Carrier (Created page with "*The US Navy commissioned the Aircraft Carrier USS Essex on December 31st, 1942. *She was the first of 24 Essex-Class ships to be commissioned. *In 26 total years of service, the USS Essex saw action in World War II and the Korean War. *The name Essex was carried on from the Salem Frigate Essex, built in 1799, the largest ship ever built in Salem. Category:Browse Index ==See Also== Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''U.S.S. Essex'''")
- 13:37, 29 February 2024 Jstrom talk contribs created page Crucible (book) (Created page with "The Crucible was published in 1953 by Arthur Miller. (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) Miller bases the play on the historical account of the Salem witch trials. In particular he focuses on the discovery of several young girls and a slave playing in the woods, conjuring — or attempting to conjure — spirits from the dead. Rather than suffer severe and inevitable punishment for their actions, the girls accused other inhabitants of Salem of practicing witchcraft...")
- 13:20, 13 December 2023 Jstrom talk contribs created page File:EmpireTheatresmall.jpg
- 13:20, 13 December 2023 Jstrom talk contribs uploaded File:EmpireTheatresmall.jpg
- 13:17, 13 December 2023 Jstrom talk contribs created page Empire Theater (Created page with "'''Empire Theater''' was at 285 Essex Street, built in 1906, sat nearly 1500 people. *This was the site of Mechanic Hall, built in 1839 and destroyed by fire in 1905. *Having a seating capacity of about eleven hundred, it was the principal hall in the city for theatricals. Category: Browse Index Category: Buildings ==See Also== [https://catalog.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1210825?locg=63 Visitor's guide to Salem] 1953 ed.,p. 158")
