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

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

NEH on the Road

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

National Constitution Center

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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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.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Crossing the Border

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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.

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

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.

Silver King Headframe

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Test your flexibility!

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

In Cahoots

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

Thaynes Headframe

Going Places

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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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?

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Going Places

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

The Way We Worked

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.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Silver-to-Snow

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

Go Figure!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Park City Museum

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Test your flexibility!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

December 28, 2011

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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