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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

NEH on the Road

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Museum-Art

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

The Way We Worked

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Barn-Postcard

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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Going Places

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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.

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.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Crossing the Border

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Going Places

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

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.

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

December 28, 2011

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The National Archives Experience

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Crossing the Border

National Constitution Center

Go Figure!

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

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

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.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

In Cahoots

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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.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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Utah Humanities Council

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Test your flexibility!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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