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

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

NEH on the Road

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

December 28, 2011

Going Places

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

Crossing the Border

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

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

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Museum-Art

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Silver-to-Snow

PCHS Band, 1950

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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From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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.

December 28, 2011

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

Test your flexibility!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Thaynes Headframe

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Silver King Headframe

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’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.

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!

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Highline spur during the winter

The Way We Worked

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

Test your flexibility!

On a guided hike with Hal

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

The National Archives Experience

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

In Cahoots

National Constitution Center

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.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Barn-Postcard

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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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.

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.

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.

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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Going Places

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Go Figure!

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

2018-Ornament

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Crossing the Border

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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