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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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!

Book card in the Park City Library

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

The Way We Worked

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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 Depot. October 30, 1900.

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

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

NEH on the Road

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Test your flexibility!

Going Places

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The National Archives Experience

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Barn-Postcard

National Constitution Center

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

Going Places

Go Figure!

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

Thaynes Headframe

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the 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.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Crossing the Border

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

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

December 28, 2011

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In Cahoots

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

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

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

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.

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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Date October 15, 2008
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