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

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Thaynes Headframe

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

December 28, 2011

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Barn-Postcard

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

National Constitution Center

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Make your own sock-puppet.

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Going Places

Going Places

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

NEH on the Road

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.

Park City Museum

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

The National Archives Experience

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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.

Crossing the Border

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Raffle

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

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!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Test your flexibility!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

In Cahoots

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

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

The Way We Worked

Museum-Art

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Book card in the Park City Library

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Go Figure!

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Silver-to-Snow

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

December 28, 2011

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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