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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Thaynes Headframe

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

Crossing the Border

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Raffle

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Halloween at the Glenwood

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Highline spur during the winter

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Museum-Art

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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.

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

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Raffle

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

In Cahoots

National Constitution Center

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

2018-Ornament

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

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

The Way We Worked

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Barn-Postcard

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Test your flexibility!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Going Places

December 28, 2011

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver-to-Snow

Book card in the Park City Library

Park City Museum

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Crossing the Border

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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!

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Go Figure!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

The National Archives Experience

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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.

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Silver King Headframe

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Going Places

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Utah Humanities Council

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

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