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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Gallery

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

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

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

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Crossing the Border

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

Going Places

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

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

National Constitution Center

Utah Humanities Council

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Go Figure!

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

Park City Museum

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Way We Worked

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Museum-Art

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

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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PCHS Band, 1950

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

December 28, 2011

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Thaynes Headframe

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

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Going Places

Barn-Postcard

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Silver-to-Snow

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

In Cahoots

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Highline spur during the winter

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

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.

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

December 28, 2011

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The National Archives Experience

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