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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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The National Archives Experience

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

December 28, 2011

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Museum-Art

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Barn-Postcard

Test your flexibility!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Going Places

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Utah Humanities Council

Make sure to stop by every couple months 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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

PCHS Band, 1950

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

National Constitution Center

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Silver-to-Snow

In Cahoots

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Crossing the Border

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Going Places

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Test your flexibility!

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Raffle

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

Raffle

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Thaynes Headframe

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.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Silver King Headframe

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

December 28, 2011

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Park City Museum

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Go Figure!

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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Halloween at the Glenwood

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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