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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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

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

The Way We Worked

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Thaynes Headframe

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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.

Park City Museum

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

In Cahoots

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

PCHS Band, 1950

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Go Figure!

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

National Constitution Center

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Crossing the Border

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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December 28, 2011

The National Archives Experience

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.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Utah Humanities Council

2018-Ornament

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

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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.

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PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Museum-Art

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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!

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

December 28, 2011

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.

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Silver King Headframe

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Raffle

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Crossing the Border

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Barn-Postcard

Highline spur during the winter

NEH on the Road

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Going Places

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

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

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

Going Places

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

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

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