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.

Book card in the Park City Library

Silver-to-Snow

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Go Figure!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Crossing the Border

Highline spur during the winter

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

PCHS Band, 1950

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Way We Worked

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

The National Archives Experience

Test your flexibility!

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

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

In Cahoots

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Museum-Art

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.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Park City Museum

December 28, 2011

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From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Silver King Headframe

National Constitution Center

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

2018-Ornament

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Crossing the Border

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Going Places

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Barn-Postcard

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Going Places

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

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