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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

December 28, 2011

Halloween at the Glenwood

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

PCHS Band, 1950

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

NEH on the Road

Museum-Art

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

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

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

2018-Ornament

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Utah Humanities Council

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

On a guided hike with Hal

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

In Cahoots

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Barn-Postcard

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

Test your flexibility!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Silver-to-Snow

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

National Constitution Center

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Go Figure!

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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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.

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

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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.

December 28, 2011

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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The Way We Worked

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

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

Raffle

Going Places

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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Crossing the Border

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Raffle

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

The National Archives Experience

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

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

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

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

Park City Museum

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Going Places

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