Mexican Bracero workers crossing the border to the U.S.

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NAD-2004-0138.02.30, images depicting living conditions of the Mexican Bracero workers, documentation of life in Mexico, mens’ experiences of crossing the border, and work and life in the U. S., from 35mm bwn

Gallery

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

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

In Cahoots

Wedding party at the 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.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Test your flexibility!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

Park City Museum

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Go Figure!

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

On a guided hike with Hal

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Museum-Art

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

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Highline spur during the winter

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

PCHS Band, 1950

December 28, 2011

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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Crossing the Border

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Utah Humanities Council

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

Going Places

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

Thaynes Headframe

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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The Way We Worked

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 Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Barn-Postcard

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Silver-to-Snow

The National Archives Experience

National Constitution Center

Silver King Headframe

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Going Places

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

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

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