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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Make your own sock-puppet.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

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.

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Silver King Headframe

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Crossing the Border

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The National Archives Experience

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Going Places

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

NEH on the Road

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Going Places

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Park City Museum

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.

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Go Figure!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

The Way We Worked

In Cahoots

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

Museum-Art

December 28, 2011

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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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.

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

National Constitution Center

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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Highline spur during the winter

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

Test your flexibility!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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?

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Crossing the Border

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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.

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

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