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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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Go Figure!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Museum-Art

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Book card in the Park City Library

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

December 28, 2011

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

In Cahoots

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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The Way We Worked

Park City Museum

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

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

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.

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

December 28, 2011

The National Archives Experience

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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.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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.

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Utah Humanities Council

Silver-to-Snow

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Silver King Headframe

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Thaynes Headframe

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Crossing the Border

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

National Constitution Center

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Barn-Postcard

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

• 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.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Going Places

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Highline spur during the winter

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

Going Places

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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