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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

In Cahoots

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

Silver King Headframe

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

December 28, 2011

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The National Archives Experience

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

National Constitution Center

Test your flexibility!

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.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Barn-Postcard

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Go Figure!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Crossing the Border

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

PCHS Band, 1950

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Thaynes Headframe

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Utah Humanities Council

Museum-Art

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

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

Park City Museum

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

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

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.

Going Places

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

December 28, 2011

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Highline spur during the winter

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

NEH on the Road

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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)

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

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

Going Places

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

The Way We Worked

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

2018-Ornament

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

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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.

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

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