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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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

National Constitution Center

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Highline spur during the winter

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Raffle

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Crossing the Border

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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Utah Humanities Council

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Go Figure!

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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Test your flexibility!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

Silver King Headframe

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Going Places

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The National Archives Experience

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Way We Worked

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Museum-Art

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Book card in the Park City Library

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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In Cahoots

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

Raffle

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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.

2018-Ornament

Going Places

NEH on the Road

Crossing the Border

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

December 28, 2011

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