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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

The National Archives Experience

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

In Cahoots

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

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

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

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

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.

Test your flexibility!

Book card in the Park City Library

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Crossing the Border

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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.

Silver-to-Snow

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Park City Museum

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

2018-Ornament

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

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Raffle

Go Figure!

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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.

Test your flexibility!

Thaynes Headframe

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

Museum-Art

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

PCHS Band, 1950

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Park-City-Museum-Store

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

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

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

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.

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Barn-Postcard

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

The Way We Worked

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Silver King Headframe

Raffle

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

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

Going Places

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

Going Places

December 28, 2011

National Constitution Center

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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