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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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.

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.

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

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

National Constitution Center

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The National Archives Experience

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Test your flexibility!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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.

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

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

The Way We Worked

December 28, 2011

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

In Cahoots

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

• 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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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On a guided hike with Hal

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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.

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

Crossing the Border

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Crossing the Border

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

NEH on the Road

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

PCHS Band, 1950

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Going Places

Book card in the Park City Library

Silver-to-Snow

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Thaynes Headframe

Halloween at the Glenwood

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Go Figure!

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Highline spur during the winter

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

Going Places

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

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

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