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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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.

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

Test your flexibility!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

In Cahoots

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

PCHS Band, 1950

Muckers and Millionaires Case

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Crossing the Border

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Going Places

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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Go Figure!

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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NEH on the Road

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

Barn-Postcard

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Utah Humanities Council

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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Going Places

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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