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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Museum-Art

Go Figure!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Crossing the Border

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The National Archives Experience

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Going Places

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.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Utah Humanities Council

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Highline spur during the winter

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

The Way We Worked

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Thaynes Headframe

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.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

In Cahoots

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 Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Silver-to-Snow

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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.

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

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.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

December 28, 2011

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

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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

PCHS Band, 1950

Going Places

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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Crossing the Border

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PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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.

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

NEH on the Road

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Park City Museum

National Constitution Center

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

PCHS Band, 1950

December 28, 2011

Test your flexibility!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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