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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

2018-Ornament

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

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

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

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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.

Museum-Art

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

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.

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

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.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Barn-Postcard

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Test your flexibility!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

Go Figure!

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

Thaynes Headframe

Going Places

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Crossing the Border

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

Raffle

In Cahoots

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Way We Worked

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Going Places

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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On a guided hike with Hal

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

NEH on the Road

Silver-to-Snow

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

Park City Museum

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Highline spur during the winter

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Raffle

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

The National Archives Experience

Silver King Headframe

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Make your own sock-puppet.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Test your flexibility!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

National Constitution Center

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

PCHS Band, 1950

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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