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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, Copyright Park City Museum

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Highline spur during the winter

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

The National Archives Experience

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Silver King Headframe

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Go Figure!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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National Constitution Center

Park City Museum

Thaynes Headframe

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In Cahoots

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

December 28, 2011

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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Crossing the Border

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Going Places

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

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

December 28, 2011

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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.

On a guided hike with Hal

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Barn-Postcard

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

The Way We Worked

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Museum-Art

Test your flexibility!

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Going Places

PCHS Band, 1950

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Crossing the Border

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Test your flexibility!

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.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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.

pop-jenks-newsletter

Utah Humanities Council

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.

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

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

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

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