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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum.

Gallery

Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

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The National Archives Experience

Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.

Jacob A. Riis, “I Scrubs” – Little Katie from the West 52nd Street Industrial School, 1891-1892; reproduction on modern gelatin printing out paper, original 4 x 5 inches; From the Collection of the Museum of the City of New York, 90.13.4.132.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Just as in the early days, no one wears an apron to Club, although at a recent FCE convention, there was a program on aprons, and we all wore ours and participated in an apron parade. The styles reminded us of how much has changed for country women, but the apron and its strings still draw the family together, and home life will always be our first and highest priority. ©EllynAnne Geisel

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Thaynes Headframe

PCHS Band, 1950

Utah Humanities Council

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

In Cahoots

In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.

New Harmonies Park City Local Sponors — PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County

Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)

December 28, 2011

Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.

NEH on the Road

Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.

Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

December 28, 2011

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Go Figure!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

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Halloween at the Glenwood

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.

Park City Museum

Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

Going Places

PCHS Band, 1950

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Test your flexibility!

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.

Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Raffle

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Silver King Headframe

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.

• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Make your own sock-puppet.

Crossing the Border

Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.

National Constitution Center

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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Test your flexibility!

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Way We Worked

Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.

Park City Museum New Harmonies Exhibit — Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould

401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs

Barn-Postcard

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Book card in the Park City Library

Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum

artist known as “Army,” Organized Crime—Oklahoma City, 1940; 12 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, ink on paper; Courtesy of University of Central Oklahoma Galleries and Collections.

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum

On a guided hike with Hal

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.

Crossing the Border

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

Going Places

Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils

Silver-to-Snow

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.

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Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II was developed by the National Museum of American History and adapted for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The national tour received federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Terasaki Family Foundation, and C. L. Ehn & Ginger Lew.

Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.

Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.

Postcard, “Entrance to Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y.” c. 1914. 4 x 6 in. Published by the American Art Publishing Co., New York. Private Collection.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Highline spur during the winter

2018-Ornament

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.

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