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Mel Fletcher Oral History – Audio, copyright Park City Museum

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Test your flexibility!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

December 28, 2011

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Go Figure!

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Silver-to-Snow

In Cahoots

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The National Archives Experience

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

December 28, 2011

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Going Places

Museum-Art

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

pop-jenks-newsletter

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

National Constitution Center

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

2018-Ornament

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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.

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

Barn-Postcard

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.

Utah Humanities Council

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Raffle

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Crossing the Border

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

The Way We Worked

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

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

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

Going Places

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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