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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.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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The Way We Worked

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

In Cahoots

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

On a guided hike with Hal

Test your flexibility!

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

Museum-Art

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Go Figure!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Test your flexibility!

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

PCHS Band, 1950

Going Places

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Utah Humanities Council

Highline spur during the winter

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

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.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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!

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Silver King Headframe

PCHS Band, 1950

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Thaynes Headframe

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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NEH on the Road

Going Places

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

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

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

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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.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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