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

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

Barn-Postcard

Utah Humanities Council

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City 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.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Raffle

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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.

National Constitution Center

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

Go Figure!

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

December 28, 2011

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Crossing the Border

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Highline spur during the winter

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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.

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.

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

In Cahoots

Park City Museum

On a guided hike with Hal

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2018-Ornament

The Way We Worked

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Raffle

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

Book card in the Park City Library

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

PCHS Band, 1950

pop-jenks-newsletter

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Going Places

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

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

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

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

Museum-Art

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Going Places

December 28, 2011

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Halloween at the Glenwood

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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