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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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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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Going Places

Museum-Art

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Test your flexibility!

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Crossing the Border

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Book card in the Park City Library

National Constitution Center

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.

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The National Archives Experience

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Test your flexibility!

December 28, 2011

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Going Places

December 28, 2011

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

2018-Ornament

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

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

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 Way We Worked

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Go Figure!

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

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

NEH on the Road

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

In Cahoots

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

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