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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

The Way We Worked

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Go Figure!

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.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Test your flexibility!

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

pop-jenks-newsletter

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Crossing the Border

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

In Cahoots

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

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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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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

The National Archives Experience

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Book card in the Park City Library

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

December 28, 2011

Going Places

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Test your flexibility!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

National Constitution Center

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Highline spur during the winter

NEH on the Road

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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 Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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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Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Going Places

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