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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Gallery

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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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!

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

PCHS Band, 1950

The Way We Worked

Going Places

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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!

Going Places

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Book card in the Park City Library

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

December 28, 2011

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

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.

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

National Constitution Center

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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Halloween at the Glenwood

Test your flexibility!

Museum-Art

NEH on the Road

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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Go Figure!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Test your flexibility!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Barn-Postcard

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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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.

On a guided hike with Hal

Crossing the Border

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

In Cahoots

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

December 28, 2011

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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