Atom Bomb! Here is the full story

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The Atom Bomb, 1945, paper and ink, private collection. Image: E. G. Schempf.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Utah Humanities Council

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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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.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

PCHS Band, 1950

The National Archives Experience

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

The Way We Worked

Museum-Art

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Raffle

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

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

In Cahoots

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Crossing the Border

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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On a guided hike with Hal

• 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.

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

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 Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Crossing the Border

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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Going Places

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

Highline spur during the winter

2018-Ornament

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.

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

Going Places

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

Silver-to-Snow

Go Figure!

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

National Constitution Center

Silver King Headframe

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Thaynes Headframe

Halloween at the Glenwood

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Test your flexibility!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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.

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

Park City Museum

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Test your flexibility!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

PCHS Band, 1950

NEH on the Road

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

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