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Learn more in the Hal Compton Research Library.

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Barn-Postcard

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Test your flexibility!

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

Go Figure!

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Going Places

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

The Way We Worked

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Going Places

December 28, 2011

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

December 28, 2011

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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National Constitution Center

Silver-to-Snow

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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.

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Museum-Art

Test your flexibility!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

Raffle

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

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

In Cahoots

Make your own sock-puppet.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Crossing the Border

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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