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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

NEH on the Road

Going Places

The National Archives Experience

Utah Humanities Council

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Crossing the Border

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Museum-Art

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Crossing the Border

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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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

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

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

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.

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

The 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.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Make your own sock-puppet.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Thaynes Headframe

Test your flexibility!

December 28, 2011

In Cahoots

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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The Way We Worked

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

Going Places

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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National Constitution Center

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

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2018-Ornament

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

December 28, 2011

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Go Figure!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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