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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Go Figure!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

PCHS Band, 1950

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

The National Archives Experience

Crossing the Border

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Crossing the Border

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Highline spur during the winter

Thaynes Headframe

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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 enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.

Going Places

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

In Cahoots

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

The Way We Worked

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Going Places

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

December 28, 2011

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Silver King Headframe

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

National Constitution Center

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Book card in the Park City Library

NEH on the Road

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

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

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.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Test your flexibility!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

On a guided hike with Hal

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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