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Utah Humanities Council

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

The National Archives Experience

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

December 28, 2011

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Barn-Postcard

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Raffle

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Silver-to-Snow

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

NEH on the Road

Raffle

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The Way We Worked

PCHS Band, 1950

pop-jenks-newsletter

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

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.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

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

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Crossing the Border

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Crossing the Border

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

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

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Going Places

Highline spur during the winter

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Test your flexibility!

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

In Cahoots

National Constitution Center

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

December 28, 2011

Museum-Art

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Test your flexibility!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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.

Thaynes Headframe

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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

Go Figure!

Going Places

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

Park City Museum

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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