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

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PCHS Band, 1950

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Silver King Headframe

Go Figure!

Crossing the Border

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

National Constitution Center

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

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

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Utah Humanities Council

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Cahoots

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

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

December 28, 2011

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

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

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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?

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

Museum-Art

PCHS Band, 1950

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Raffle

The National Archives Experience

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Test your flexibility!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

NEH on the Road

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Barn-Postcard

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Test your flexibility!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Going Places

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Going Places

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

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

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.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

December 28, 2011

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

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

Park City Museum

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

2018-Ornament

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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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!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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.

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Crossing the Border

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