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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Barn-Postcard

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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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Halloween at the Glenwood

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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?

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

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

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

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

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

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Crossing the Border

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

NEH on the Road

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.

Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers 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 Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

National Constitution Center

In Cahoots

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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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On a guided hike with Hal

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

The National Archives Experience

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Book card in the Park City Library

The Way We Worked

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Going Places

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

December 28, 2011

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Highline spur during the winter

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

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.

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Park City Museum

Go Figure!

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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.

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.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Silver-to-Snow

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

Going Places

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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