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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

PCHS Band, 1950

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

2018-Ornament

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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.

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Going Places

Crossing the Border

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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

Test your flexibility!

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

In Cahoots

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

December 28, 2011

PCHS Band, 1950

National Constitution Center

Book card in the Park City Library

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The National Archives Experience

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Way We Worked

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Barn-Postcard

Highline spur during the winter

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Going Places

Utah Humanities Council

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Go Figure!

December 28, 2011

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Raffle

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Park City Museum

Silver-to-Snow

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

NEH on the Road

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