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

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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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Park City Museum

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

The National Archives Experience

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?

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.

Museum-Art

NEH on the Road

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

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.

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

PCHS Band, 1950

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Going Places

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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.

Test your flexibility!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Thaynes Headframe

Test your flexibility!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

PCHS Band, 1950

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

In Cahoots

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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

National Constitution Center

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Halloween at the Glenwood

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Go Figure!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

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Going Places

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

December 28, 2011

Silver King Headframe

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Crossing the Border

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

Crossing the Border

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.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

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

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

The Way We Worked

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

2018-Ornament

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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