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In 1950, the Park City High School Band headed to San Francisco to play in the Shriners East-West Football game.

Gallery

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

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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.

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

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

Go Figure!

Park City Museum

Going Places

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

On a guided hike with Hal

Silver-to-Snow

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Test your flexibility!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Museum-Art

Thaynes Headframe

Halloween at the Glenwood

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

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

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

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Crossing the Border

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.

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

Crossing the Border

Highline spur during the winter

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Going Places

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

In Cahoots

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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.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Silver King Headframe

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

The Way We Worked

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

NEH on the Road

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The National Archives Experience

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

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