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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Photo courtesy Louisa Sundquist Cornia and Barbara Windley Private Collections.

Gallery

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Going Places

Crossing the Border

In Cahoots

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

2018-Ornament

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.

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

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.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

December 28, 2011

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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Go Figure!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thaynes Headframe

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

Museum-Art

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Way We Worked

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

National Constitution Center

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Going Places

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

Park City Museum

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Crossing the Border

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

December 28, 2011

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Barn-Postcard

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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