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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Barn-Postcard

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Test your flexibility!

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

In Cahoots

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

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

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

Museum-Art

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Silver-to-Snow

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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.

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December 28, 2011

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Test your flexibility!

Silver King Headframe

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Going Places

NEH on the Road

Wedding party at Utah Central 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.

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

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

Go Figure!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

On a guided hike with Hal

The Way We Worked

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

PCHS Band, 1950

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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Going Places

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Book card in the Park City Library

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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