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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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

NEH on the Road

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Barn-Postcard

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

December 28, 2011

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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2018-Ornament

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.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Thaynes Headframe

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Go Figure!

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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Halloween at the Glenwood

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Going Places

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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!

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Book card in the Park City Library

In Cahoots

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

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

Silver King Headframe

Crossing the Border

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

The Way We Worked

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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Highline spur during the winter

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Going Places

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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.

December 28, 2011

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

National Constitution Center

Raffle

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

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

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

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.

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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Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Crossing the Border

Museum-Art

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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