Keep the district, ditch the branding
We are writing in support of the arts and culture district. We are artists. Zafod is a metal sculptor who has lived here for 35 years (think art cars in the Fourth of July parade). I am an author. I own property in Park City and serve on the Park City Historic Preservation Board.
We support the renewal and beautification of a long-neglected area. The dilapidated hodgepodge of old utilitarian buildings will be transformed into a neighborhood with two anchor nonprofits and residential amenities. Thankfully, Recycle Utah will have an efficient and attractive new home in an accessible location close to the city.
Way We Were: America s most daring skier, right here in Park City
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A piece of “V-mail” reproduced upon arrival in the U.S., folded in its mailable form. This letter is from Parkite Pvt. Frank Nancarrow to his mother.
Park City Historical Society & Museum, Mary Martin Vincent Collection
During World War II, Parkites kept informed of war events primarily via newpapers, radio broadcasts and newsreels played in movie theaters. However, the news families treasured most came directly from the letters of their soldiers in the field.
Wartime correspondences were relayed in part via a postal system known as “Victory mail” or “V-mail.” This system was implemented to condense the space required to deliver the mail. Letters were penned on special forms and converted to microfilm for transport. Letters were then reproduced on arrival in the U.S. Although only in use from June 1942 until November 1945, more than 1 billion pieces of mail were processed through the V-mail system.
Tanzi Propst/Park Record
Before photography was used to illustrate newspapers and magazines, Jules Tavernier and Paul Frenzeny put their own stamp on things by carving woodblocks for printing to document the expansion of the American West.
A new exhibit, “A Great Frontier Odyssey: Sketching the American West,” which showcases the blocks, prints and images made by these two French-born immigrants, is open through April 4 at the Park City Museum.
“This gorgeous exhibit that comes to us through a company called Exhibit Envoy is a great combination of art and history, and features beautiful, hand-colored prints from Harper’s Weekly Magazine that employed these two artists,” said Courtney Titus, Park City Museum’s curator of collections and exhibits. “Jules and Paul met while living in New York City, and Harper enlisted them in 1873 as a team to travel across the country and document the newly opened Western frontier.”
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