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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Crossing the Border

The Way We Worked

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.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Raffle

Silver King Headframe

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

NEH on the Road

Highline spur during the winter

Going Places

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

National Constitution Center

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Test your flexibility!

2018-Ornament

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Barn-Postcard

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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Raffle

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

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.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Go Figure!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

December 28, 2011

In Cahoots

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

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

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.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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Going Places

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.

December 28, 2011

Crossing the Border

Thaynes Headframe

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Museum-Art

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Book card in the Park City Library

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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