Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow Curator at Park City Museum

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Michael Scheibach to talk about living during the atomic age at the Park City Museum. (Cold War History, Atomic Bomb History)

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

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Way We Worked

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

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

Going Places

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Crossing the Border

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

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

NEH on the Road

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

National Constitution Center

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

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.

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Test your flexibility!

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

December 28, 2011

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Crossing the Border

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

Go Figure!

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

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Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

Utah Humanities Council

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Museum-Art

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

On a guided hike with Hal

Test your flexibility!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Going Places

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Thaynes Headframe

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

2018-Ornament

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

In Cahoots

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Silver-to-Snow

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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