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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

Gallery

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

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.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Thaynes Headframe

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

On a guided hike with Hal

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Going Places

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?

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

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!

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

2018-Ornament

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Raffle

Crossing the Border

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

The National Archives Experience

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Test your flexibility!

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Going Places

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Test your flexibility!

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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In Cahoots

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Silver-to-Snow

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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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Silver King Headframe

PCHS Band, 1950

National Constitution Center

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Raffle

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Go Figure!

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

December 28, 2011

December 28, 2011

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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Barn-Postcard

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Crossing the Border

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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.

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

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Highline spur during the winter

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

The Way We Worked

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

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