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

Gallery

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Crossing the Border

In Cahoots

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

NEH on the Road

Test your flexibility!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Going Places

The National Archives Experience

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.

2018-Ornament

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

National Constitution Center

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Early stock options. Click to view more.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

The Way We Worked

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

December 28, 2011

PCHS Band, 1950

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Crossing the Border

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Make sure to stop by every couple months 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

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Going Places

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.

Wedding party at 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.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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Barn-Postcard

December 28, 2011

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Go Figure!

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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.

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