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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Silver King Headframe

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

In Cahoots

Test your flexibility!

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The National Archives Experience

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Way We Worked

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

2018-Ornament

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

Go Figure!

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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Park City Museum

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Halloween at the Glenwood

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Going Places

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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 members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

December 28, 2011

Thaynes Headframe

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

Test your flexibility!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Barn-Postcard

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Going Places

Museum-Art

Raffle

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Crossing the Border

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

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.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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PCHS Band, 1950

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

National Constitution Center

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