Atom Bomb! Here is the full story

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The Atom Bomb, 1945, paper and ink, private collection. Image: E. G. Schempf.

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Go Figure!

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

The Way We Worked

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Test your flexibility!

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

In Cahoots

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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Going Places

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

December 28, 2011

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Muckers and Millionaires Case

NEH on the Road

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

On a guided hike with Hal

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Park City Museum

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Crossing the Border

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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.

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.

The National Archives Experience

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Museum-Art

Going Places

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Raffle

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Date October 15, 2008
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