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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Photo courtesy Louisa Sundquist Cornia and Barbara Windley Private Collections.

Gallery

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Silver King Headframe

Test your flexibility!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

December 28, 2011

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Silver-to-Snow

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Go Figure!

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Jacob A. Riis, “I Scrubs” – Little Katie from the West 52nd Street Industrial School, 1891-1892; reproduction on modern gelatin printing out paper, original 4 x 5 inches; From the Collection of the Museum of the City of New York, 90.13.4.132.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

NEH on the Road

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

In Cahoots

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II was developed by the National Museum of American History and adapted for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The national tour received federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, the Terasaki Family Foundation, and C. L. Ehn & Ginger Lew.

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Going Places

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The National Archives Experience

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

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Crossing the Border

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

December 28, 2011

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The Way We Worked

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Highline spur during the winter

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

Barn-Postcard

Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

On a guided hike with Hal

Thaynes Headframe

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Utah Humanities Council

National Constitution Center

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

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

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Park City Museum

Going Places

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

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

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