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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Test your flexibility!

NEH on the Road

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

The National Archives Experience

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

Crossing the Border

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.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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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.

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

Raffle

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

Going Places

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

In Cahoots

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

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

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?

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Crossing the Border

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Going Places

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Silver-to-Snow

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

December 28, 2011

Go Figure!

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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2018-Ornament

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

pop-jenks-newsletter

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Raffle

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

National Constitution Center

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

PCHS Band, 1950

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Barn-Postcard

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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