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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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

National Constitution Center

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Raffle

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Going Places

Silver King Headframe

2018-Ornament

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Silver-to-Snow

NEH on the Road

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Make your own sock-puppet.

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.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Book card in the Park City Library

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Highline spur during the winter

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Going Places

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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.

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Barn-Postcard

Crossing the Border

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

pop-jenks-newsletter

Go Figure!

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum

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

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.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Way We Worked

Crossing the Border

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

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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.

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

December 28, 2011

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

On a guided hike with Hal

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

In Cahoots

Thaynes Headframe

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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