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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Silver King Headframe

Early stock options. Click to view more.

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Raffle

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Crossing the Border

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Going Places

On a guided hike with Hal

Highline spur during the winter

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Museum-Art

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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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.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Going Places

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Make your own sock-puppet.

In Cahoots

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

The National Archives Experience

Park-City-Museum-Store

Test your flexibility!

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Go Figure!

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

NEH on the Road

Barn-Postcard

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Way We Worked

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Raffle

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

PCHS Band, 1950

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Park City Museum

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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