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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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Utah Humanities Council

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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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.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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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.

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

2018-Ornament

Thaynes Headframe

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Crossing the Border

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Crossing the Border

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National Constitution Center

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Make your own sock-puppet.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

In Cahoots

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

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NEH on the Road

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Barn-Postcard

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Way We Worked

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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On a guided hike with Hal

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

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

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Silver King Headframe

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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Going Places

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!

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Go Figure!

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Museum-Art

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Highline spur during the winter

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

Going Places

The National Archives Experience

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

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

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