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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Halloween at the Glenwood

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

In Cahoots

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Going Places

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Barn-Postcard

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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.

National Constitution Center

Highline spur during the winter

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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Museum-Art

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Silver-to-Snow

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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The Way We Worked

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2018-Ornament

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

December 28, 2011

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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.

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

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

Go Figure!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Make your own sock-puppet.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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.

Silver King Headframe

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

On a guided hike with Hal

NEH on the Road

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

PCHS Band, 1950

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park City Museum

Test your flexibility!

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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Going Places

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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