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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum.

Gallery

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Museum-Art

Crossing the Border

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

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.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

2018-Ornament

Book card in the Park City Library

PCHS Band, 1950

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Make your own sock-puppet.

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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?

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

December 28, 2011

National Constitution Center

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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NEH on the Road

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Going Places

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

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

Going Places

Test your flexibility!

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Raffle

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Crossing the Border

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

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Raffle

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

On a guided hike with Hal

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

December 28, 2011

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.

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Go Figure!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The Way We Worked

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Barn-Postcard

In Cahoots

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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