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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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PCHS Band, 1950

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Way We Worked

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.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. 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

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

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

National Constitution Center

Going Places

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

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.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Go Figure!

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Raffle

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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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.

In Cahoots

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Silver-to-Snow

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

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

Museum-Art

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

December 28, 2011

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

NEH on the Road

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Going Places

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

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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.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

2018-Ornament

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.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Barn-Postcard

Raffle

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

Test your flexibility!

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Crossing the Border

The National Archives Experience

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Make your own sock-puppet.

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