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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

Go Figure!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Test your flexibility!

Halloween at the Glenwood

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.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Silver King Headframe

Going Places

The Way We Worked

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

pop-jenks-newsletter

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

PCHS Band, 1950

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

NEH on the Road

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

December 28, 2011

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

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.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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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.

Raffle

Book card in the Park City Library

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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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.

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

2018-Ornament

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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.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Utah Humanities Council

Raffle

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Museum-Art

Crossing the Border

National Constitution Center

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

Highline spur during the winter

Barn-Postcard

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

In Cahoots

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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.

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Going Places

Park City Museum

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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