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Gallery

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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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.

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Crossing the Border

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

In Cahoots

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

The National Archives Experience

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

Crossing the Border

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

Going Places

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Book card in the Park City Library

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.

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The Way We Worked

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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?

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

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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Test your flexibility!

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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National Constitution Center

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Wheelchair access icon

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

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

Go Figure!

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

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?

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Going Places

PCHS Band, 1950

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Highline spur during the winter

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

NEH on the Road

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Halloween at the Glenwood

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Museum-Art

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

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