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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

December 28, 2011

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Silver King Headframe

Park City Museum

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Barn-Postcard

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.

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Going Places

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

National Constitution Center

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

In Cahoots

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Go Figure!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Crossing the Border

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Test your flexibility!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Highline spur during the winter

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

December 28, 2011

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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Crossing the Border

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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.

The National Archives Experience

Thaynes Headframe

NEH on the Road

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Utah Humanities Council

2018-Ornament

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Halloween at the Glenwood

Going Places

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.

The Way We Worked

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