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

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Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Park City Museum

2018-Ornament

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Test your flexibility!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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Going Places

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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Museum-Art

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

PCHS Band, 1950

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Silver King Headframe

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Crossing the Border

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

NEH on the Road

In Cahoots

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

December 28, 2011

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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Thaynes Headframe

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

December 28, 2011

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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.

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

Utah Humanities Council

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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Going Places

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Halloween at the Glenwood

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.

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Barn-Postcard

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Go Figure!

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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.

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.

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

National Constitution Center

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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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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