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Show Many Park City Antiques Marked Not For Sale Mean Exactly That clock and cash register here again we would find just another shop. But with these one-of-a kind items, this shop becomes a very special place. The Merrill's Emporium is another shop that is part museum mus-eum and part antique shop and what a tragedy it would be to have some of their rarities removed re-moved from Park City! Mary and Bud Gasparac won't part with their old pot bellied stove, either. It's the one bit of real nostalgia in their new shop which offers a multitude of fine gifts and souvenirs. It is to be hoped that visitors to our community will understand under-stand the importance of keeping Park City historical items within with-in the confines of the town. So when you see a NOT FORSALE sign on some select piece, please just enjoy looking and asking about it and realize that you are witnessing an irreplaceable irreplace-able bit of history. In a town that was robbed by the famous Butch Cassidy in 1909 there are certain to be points of interest to outsiders. The Oak-on Main Street-was Street-was the scene of this infamous act and even today Parkites mention it. Yes, Park City really is an historic site and there isn't a person alive who wouldn't love to have the original post office boxes from the first United States Post Office in Park City or a clock that has been running continuously in Park City since 1883! But these things, and many more, are of great historical significance and should remain forever in Park City. Every day visitors to our town wander in the shops and see many choice items marked mark-ed for sale. Then there are a few pieces with NOT FORSALE markings and some people become be-come indignant. Who wouldn't want the old meat block or coffee grinder Roslyn displays at Park City Antique & Floral? Or the bottle marked Silver King Whiskey on the Welsh, Driscoll & Buck label? Or DanMcPolin'sStraw-berry DanMcPolin'sStraw-berry Soda or Gingerale bottles? bot-tles? Or the P.O. boxes? But these things are a part of Park City and should be kept here for future generations to enjoy. Without all this and more the Antique & Floral would be just another interesting gift and antique shop, but WITH them and the tin containers and old bottles, bot-tles, it is a rarity in shops and a place to be remembered and revised time and time again. Without the cookstove in Carolyn Car-olyn Bloom's beautiful gift shop the stove that used to belong to Mike Sofanides of the Park Tavern (now the Red Banjo) or without the antique china cabinet, buffet and secretary, to say nothing of the Hodgson |
