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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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Park City Museum

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

In Cahoots

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

Crossing the Border

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

National Constitution Center

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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On a guided hike with Hal

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Highline spur during the winter

Book card in the Park City Library

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Crossing the Border

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

Silver-to-Snow

PCHS Band, 1950

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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 Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

Barn-Postcard

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.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

Raffle

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

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

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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.

The National Archives Experience

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

PCHS Band, 1950

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?

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

Going Places

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Going Places

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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Go Figure!

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Test your flexibility!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Raffle

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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.

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

Make your own sock-puppet.

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December 28, 2011

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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