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

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The Way We Worked

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

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

Raffle

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Crossing the Border

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Crossing the Border

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Go Figure!

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

Test your flexibility!

PCHS Band, 1950

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

The National Archives Experience

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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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.

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

2018-Ornament

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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.

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

Going Places

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

December 28, 2011

In Cahoots

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Raffle

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

NEH on the Road

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Going Places

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.

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Test your flexibility!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

PCHS Band, 1950

National Constitution Center

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