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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The National Archives Experience

December 28, 2011

In Cahoots

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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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Crossing the Border

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.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

The Way We Worked

NEH on the Road

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

On a guided hike with Hal

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Going Places

Halloween at the Glenwood

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Go Figure!

PCHS Band, 1950

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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.

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

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

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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.

Test your flexibility!

Crossing the Border

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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Test your flexibility!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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Silver-to-Snow

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Going Places

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

National Constitution Center

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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