Atom Bomb! Here is the full story

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

Gallery

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Make your own sock-puppet.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

Going Places

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

2018-Ornament

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Go Figure!

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

pop-jenks-newsletter

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

December 28, 2011

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

Silver King Headframe

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

Barn-Postcard

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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.

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Halloween at the Glenwood

Crossing the Border

National Constitution Center

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

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.

NEH on the Road

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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Test your flexibility!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

December 28, 2011

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

The National Archives Experience

Going Places

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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.

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.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Crossing the Border

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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.

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City 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

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

In Cahoots

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.

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

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