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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

PCHS Band, 1950

Utah Humanities Council

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Crossing the Border

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Test your flexibility!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver-to-Snow

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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Test your flexibility!

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

NEH on the Road

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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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.

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

• 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.

2018-Ornament

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Going Places

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

Go Figure!

Museum-Art

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

The Way We Worked

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

December 28, 2011

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

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

Going Places

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

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

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

In Cahoots

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros 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.

Crossing the Border

National Constitution Center

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

The National Archives Experience

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Barn-Postcard

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

December 28, 2011

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Make sure to stop by every couple months 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.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Halloween at the Glenwood

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