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

Going Places

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Barn-Postcard

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

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

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From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Crossing the Border

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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Halloween at the Glenwood

2018-Ornament

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

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

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.

NEH on the Road

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Park City Museum

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

December 28, 2011

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Go Figure!

Book card in the Park City Library

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Silver King Headframe

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Thaynes Headframe

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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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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.

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

The Way We Worked

Crossing the Border

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Going Places

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

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

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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.

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

PCHS Band, 1950

National Constitution Center

Test your flexibility!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Make your own sock-puppet.

Raffle

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

In Cahoots

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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