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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Thaynes Headframe

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum members at the Annual 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.

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

Crossing the Border

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

In Cahoots

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

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Go Figure!

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

Silver-to-Snow

The Way We Worked

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Silver King Headframe

PCHS Band, 1950

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Going Places

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

National Constitution Center

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Going Places

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Barn-Postcard

On a guided hike with Hal

December 28, 2011

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Park City Museum

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?

Museum-Art

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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2018-Ornament

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Crossing the Border

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

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.

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

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

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From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Book card in the Park City Library

PCHS Band, 1950

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

pop-jenks-newsletter

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

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The National Archives Experience

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

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