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Join us at the McPolin Farm for a free talk with Tom Clyde. Sponsored by the Park City Museum, the best Utah Museum.

Gallery

NEH on the Road

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Test your flexibility!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Way We Worked

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

December 28, 2011

The National Archives Experience

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Halloween at the Glenwood

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Test your flexibility!

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

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Going Places

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Book card in the Park City Library

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Go Figure!

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

Going Places

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

PCHS Band, 1950

In Cahoots

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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Crossing the Border

Barn-Postcard

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Silver-to-Snow

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