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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Make your own sock-puppet.

The National Archives Experience

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

2018-Ornament

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

National Constitution Center

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

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

The Way We Worked

PCHS Band, 1950

On a guided hike with Hal

Museum-Art

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

In Cahoots

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

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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NEH on the Road

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

Going Places

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

Barn-Postcard

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

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.

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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.

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

December 28, 2011

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

Going Places

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Go Figure!

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

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

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.

Test your flexibility!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Book card in the Park City Library

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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