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In 1950, the Park City High School Band performed in the Shriners East-West Football Game Halftime Show.

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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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Book card in the Park City Library

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Museum-Art

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

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

Going Places

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Go Figure!

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Barn-Postcard

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Silver-to-Snow

December 28, 2011

December 28, 2011

Utah Humanities Council

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.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Thaynes Headframe

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

In Cahoots

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Way We Worked

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

NEH on the Road

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Going Places

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

The National Archives Experience

Halloween at the Glenwood

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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