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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Utah Humanities Council

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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.

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Go Figure!

On a guided hike with Hal

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Crossing the Border

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Test your flexibility!

Thaynes Headframe

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.

Going Places

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

In Cahoots

Highline spur during the winter

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

PCHS Band, 1950

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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December 28, 2011

Crossing the Border

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

The Way We Worked

Park City Museum

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

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The National Archives Experience

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

National Constitution Center

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Going Places

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

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Barn-Postcard

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

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.

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

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