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

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

On a guided hike with Hal

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Museum-Art

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

National Constitution Center

2018-Ornament

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Go Figure!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

In Cahoots

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Highline spur during the winter

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December 28, 2011

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Test your flexibility!

The Way We Worked

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Crossing the Border

Crossing the Border

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

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

Going Places

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

Thaynes Headframe

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Going Places

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Park City Museum

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

Silver King Headframe

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

December 28, 2011

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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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.

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

Silver-to-Snow

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Halloween at the Glenwood

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Test your flexibility!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

PCHS Band, 1950

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

The National Archives Experience

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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