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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Crossing the Border

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Raffle

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

The Way We Worked

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Museum-Art

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

National Constitution Center

Make your own sock-puppet.

In Cahoots

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Book card in the Park City Library

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Barn-Postcard

Go Figure!

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Test your flexibility!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Highline spur during the winter

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Raffle

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Wheelchair access icon

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

Thaynes Headframe

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

December 28, 2011

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Crossing the Border

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

The National Archives Experience

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

December 28, 2011

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

2018-Ornament

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Going Places

Park City Museum

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

NEH on the Road

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Going Places

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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