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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Museum-Art

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

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

On a guided hike with Hal

Park City Museum

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

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.

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

Silver King Headframe

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Crossing the Border

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Utah Humanities Council

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

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

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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.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Going Places

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Go Figure!

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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

NEH on the Road

Test your flexibility!

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

PCHS Band, 1950

The National Archives Experience

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Going Places

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Highline spur during the winter

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

2018-Ornament

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

In Cahoots

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

National Constitution Center

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Test your flexibility!

December 28, 2011

Crossing the Border

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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