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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.

Go Figure!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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.

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

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Crossing the Border

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Going Places

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Going Places

NEH on the Road

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

In Cahoots

Muckers and Millionaires Case

National Constitution Center

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

On a guided hike with Hal

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

December 28, 2011

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Test your flexibility!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

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

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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2018-Ornament

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

The National Archives Experience

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Test your flexibility!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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