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Barn-Postcard

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Raffle

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Crossing the Border

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Thaynes Headframe

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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National Constitution Center

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

2018-Ornament

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

PCHS Band, 1950

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Going Places

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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.

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Go Figure!

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Halloween at the Glenwood

Highline spur during the winter

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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.

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

NEH on the Road

Test your flexibility!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

Raffle

Going Places

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Silver-to-Snow

December 28, 2011

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Make your own sock-puppet.

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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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

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

In Cahoots

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

pop-jenks-newsletter

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Park-City-Museum-Store

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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