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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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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The Way We Worked

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

National Constitution Center

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

NEH on the Road

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

December 28, 2011

Museum-Art

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Park City Museum

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Book card in the Park City Library

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Utah Humanities Council

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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.

Going Places

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver-to-Snow

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

Silver King Headframe

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Highline spur during the winter

Thaynes Headframe

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Go Figure!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Crossing the Border

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

In Cahoots

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Going Places

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

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The National Archives Experience

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Test your flexibility!

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

On a guided hike with Hal

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

2018-Ornament

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Barn-Postcard

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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.

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