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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

National Constitution Center

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

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.

In Cahoots

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Crossing the Border

Book card in the Park City Library

PCHS Band, 1950

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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.

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Test your flexibility!

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.

December 28, 2011

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Go Figure!

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

Museum-Art

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

On a guided hike with Hal

The National Archives Experience

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

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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

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

Test your flexibility!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Park City Museum

Highline spur during the winter

Thaynes Headframe

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

The Way We Worked

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Silver King Headframe

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

The 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?

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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Going Places

Going Places

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

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