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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Going Places

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Utah Humanities Council

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

PCHS Band, 1950

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Highline spur during the winter

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Museum-Art

Test your flexibility!

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

The National Archives Experience

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Park City Museum

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Going Places

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Silver King Headframe

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

2018-Ornament

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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.

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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Crossing the Border

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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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.

In Cahoots

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Go Figure!

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

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

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.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Way We Worked

Barn-Postcard

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

National Constitution Center

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

December 28, 2011

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Crossing the Border

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

December 28, 2011

Raffle

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

NEH on the Road

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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