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Yellow Gondola #60

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

December 28, 2011

Going Places

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

National Constitution Center

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Museum-Art

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

2018-Ornament

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Test your flexibility!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Raffle

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Go Figure!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Park-City-Museum-Store

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

On a guided hike with Hal

Raffle

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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NEH on the Road

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Crossing the Border

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

Going Places

In Cahoots

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.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Crossing the Border

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

December 28, 2011

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