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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Barn-Postcard

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

On a guided hike with Hal

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Museum-Art

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

December 28, 2011

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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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.

Make your own sock-puppet.

Silver-to-Snow

The National Archives Experience

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Test your flexibility!

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Thaynes Headframe

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

In Cahoots

December 28, 2011

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Utah Humanities Council

Go Figure!

2018-Ornament

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park City Museum

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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.

National Constitution Center

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

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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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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PCHS Band, 1950

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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.

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

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

Going Places

The Way We Worked

Going Places

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

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

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.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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