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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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!

Barn-Postcard

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Going Places

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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?

PCHS Band, 1950

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

December 28, 2011

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.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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The National Archives Experience

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

2018-Ornament

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

National Constitution Center

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

In Cahoots

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Crossing the Border

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Utah Humanities Council

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

December 28, 2011

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Museum-Art

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

Test your flexibility!

Go Figure!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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.

Raffle

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

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

Going Places

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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The Way We Worked

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Book card in the Park City Library

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

On a guided hike with Hal

NEH on the Road

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Date October 15, 2008
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