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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Go Figure!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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Silver-to-Snow

PCHS Band, 1950

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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NEH on the Road

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

National Constitution Center

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Barn-Postcard

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

In Cahoots

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

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

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Test your flexibility!

2018-Ornament

Make your own sock-puppet.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Going Places

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Going Places

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Silver King Headframe

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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.

Book card in the Park City Library

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.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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.

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Highline spur during the winter

The National Archives Experience

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.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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December 28, 2011

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Crossing the Border

PCHS Band, 1950

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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.

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

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

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?

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

The Way We Worked

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

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Utah Humanities Council

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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