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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Highline spur during the winter

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

2018-Ornament

NEH on the Road

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

On a guided hike with Hal

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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December 28, 2011

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb 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.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Halloween at the Glenwood

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Crossing the Border

Crossing the Border

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

December 28, 2011

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

PCHS Band, 1950

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Going Places

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

The National Archives Experience

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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.

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

National Constitution Center

In Cahoots

Go Figure!

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Museum-Art

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

PCHS Band, 1950

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Park City Museum

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

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.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Going Places

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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 the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

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

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