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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Silver-to-Snow

National Constitution Center

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

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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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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Park City Museum

Going Places

In Cahoots

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Test your flexibility!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

Museum-Art

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

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Going Places

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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PCHS Band, 1950

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Crossing the Border

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

2018-Ornament

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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Barn-Postcard

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

The National Archives Experience

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.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

December 28, 2011

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Crossing the Border

NEH on the Road

Thaynes Headframe

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Silver King Headframe

Go Figure!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad 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.

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

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Test your flexibility!

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.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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