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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Test your flexibility!

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

National Constitution Center

PCHS Band, 1950

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

NEH on the Road

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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 Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Crossing the Border

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Highline spur during the winter

Raffle

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Crossing the Border

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The National Archives Experience

December 28, 2011

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

In Cahoots

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

Raffle

Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in 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.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

• 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.

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

On a guided hike with Hal

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Go Figure!

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Utah Humanities Council

Test your flexibility!

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

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

The Way We Worked

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

December 28, 2011

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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Going Places

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

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Going Places

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