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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

NEH on the Road

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Barn-Postcard

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its 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.

Park City Museum

Crossing the Border

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

PCHS Band, 1950

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Raffle

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

Go Figure!

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

2018-Ornament

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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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.

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

National Constitution Center

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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Highline spur during the winter

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Test your flexibility!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Going Places

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

The Way We Worked

Crossing the Border

Going Places

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

In Cahoots

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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