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Show liT-S Hit r , f Lai L' I " v , i ' . f - " -t n"'rVT1 I fl' , 1 1 : I i ''-V v I I ! i 'In i I rfV r . i - -r - ' " u Last week a civic minded group of Park City rugby players volunteered the needed muscle to move the Centennial Cen-tennial Exhibit into City Hall. Blacky Jones, Keith Bronstein, John Sundquist, George "the Hack" Austin, Charles "Psycho" Downing and Rick Phaler made sure that the historical Smith and Brim Meat Market sign got safe passage to its new home. Stroll through 100 years of history at City Hall Museum Director Patricia Smith by Nan Chalat There is finally an antidote for Park City future shock. This .weekend residents will have a chance to cast off their high tech worries and stroll through 100 years of local history. The new Park City Centennial Cen-tennial Exhibit at the old City Hall is scheduled to open Saturday at noon. During May the exhibit will be open Monday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. In June the hours will be extended to 6 p.m. and the doors will be open daily. There will be no charge for admission. ! ' like Park City's historic Book Brigade, the exhibit represents a monumental community effort. From the first call for historic artifacts to the final days of production, pro-duction, local citizens have contributed family heirlooms, heir-looms, memories, time and energy. The result is a vivid m tribute to the Centennial. The mining camp era of the 1880s is brought to life with a well-worn pick axe and a chemist's assay cup. Visitors will also see a display of early hard hats, carbide lamps and an assortment of blasting equipment. Each exhibit is complemented with reproductions repro-ductions of historic photos which help to transport the viewer back to the days when Park City was booming silver town. The exhibit space meanders mean-ders around the main floor of the newly restored historic ' building, taking in the old territorial jail in the basement. base-ment. The cells there are musty and damp but most of the dust was removed by an industrious group of local boy scouts from Pack 72. A reconstructed miner's kitchen is one of the highlights of the exhibit. Every detail from the laundry basket to the wood stove was carefully researched to represent rep-resent a historically accurate impression of a laundry day in 1910. Even the hand-painted hand-painted wood grain on the walls was carefully reproduced repro-duced according to historic techniques. Rosalynn Grose assembled the cozy corner with artifacts from her personal collection of Park City artifacts. Other highlights include a tribute to the old Cozy Bar, an exhibit of firefighting equipment in the whistle tower and a showcase of . relics from the first days of . skiing in Park City. Old timers will recognize the Smith and Brim market sign and the old Victrola record which hung outside Hodgsen's jewelry store. The sign was a favorite snowball target on Main Street. More than 36 families and m organizations scoured their attics and photo albums for contributions to the exhibit. Production assistants Lynn Anderson and Carole Fontana spent hours cataloging cata-loging each donation and tracking down its history. Advisors from the Utah State Historical Society, the Museum of Natural History, the Fort Douglas Military Museum and Utah Power and Light helped to verify the dating of many objects and photographs. According to Pat Smith, . who was hired by the city to direct the project, "The centennial gave us the perfect excuse to start a museum." She discussed the possibility of renovating City Hall and housing a museum there with former City Council member Tina Lewis at the same time the decision was made to convert the Miners Hospital into a library. "Our goal was to restore one historic building each year and to put it to some public use," said Smith. The artifacts in the exhibit are on loan for about one year. A special meeting of the Centennial Exhibit board of directors has been set for Thursday, May 31 to discuss the possibility of establishing a permanent museum. "Everyone who has an interest should come," said Smith. The meeting will be held at the Memorial Building Build-ing at 5 p.m. A special premiere party will be held at City Hall tonight from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are $22 per person and will be available at the door. Proceeds from the party will benefit the exhibit and the Park City Historical Society. photos by Nan Chalat I '"'-, -y II J If. h ifju t f . i I y-'"-T' ( " ' :- a . .f.; -. v - -....i,,,,,,..,,.., ,f ' t i i r : f ' ' ;" 4?;K:; '''' . wlttelt)jMBWw -,-,--T in--i-'n- -'-f'--"'-'---'j-' ----' - . . Brass lanterns, carbide lamps, wood skis, leather boots and a well worn coal bucket are among the historic artifacts on display. i X r f ","( i. i. Ill I 1 'mf I I in , "'v U -i Si i V '! I i :! r 1 4 ' ' "1 i ' " 1 ' ! I' 1 I ' ' 5 - , v - - "- - . , S - 5 C |