1956, Braceros, A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field

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NAD-2004-0138.56.07, #NAD-2004.0138.XX.XX., 1956, Braceros, A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field, from 35mm bwn

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

Museum-Art

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Going Places

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Raffle

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Raffle

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Barn-Postcard

December 28, 2011

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

Going Places

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Crossing the Border

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Wheelchair access icon

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Silver King Headframe

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Test your flexibility!

Go Figure!

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Park-City-Museum-Store

Halloween at the Glenwood

In Cahoots

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Way We Worked

National Constitution Center

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

Park City Museum

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.

Make your own sock-puppet.

The National Archives Experience

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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.

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.

pop-jenks-newsletter

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.

Utah Humanities Council

Test your flexibility!

Thaynes Headframe

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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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!

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

NEH on the Road

2018-Ornament

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

December 28, 2011

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

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