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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Raffle

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Crossing the Border

Park City Museum

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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!

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

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?

Highline spur during the winter

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Going Places

Going Places

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Test your flexibility!

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.

On a guided hike with Hal

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Raffle

Barn-Postcard

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Crossing the Border

NEH on the Road

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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.

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December 28, 2011

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.

December 28, 2011

Thaynes Headframe

Silver King Headframe

Utah Humanities Council

Go Figure!

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Way We Worked

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Test your flexibility!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

In Cahoots

Make your own sock-puppet.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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