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Stop by 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
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Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
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Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
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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.
Halloween at the Glenwood
Thaynes Headframe
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
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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Museum-Art
Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.
Going Places
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Silver King Headframe
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
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
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
On a guided hike with Hal
December 28, 2011
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Barn-Postcard
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
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.
Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
NEH on the Road
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Book card in the Park City Library
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Utah Humanities Council
Utah Humanities Council
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
2018-Ornament
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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
In Cahoots
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
FRIENDS OF SKI MOUNTAIN LOGO
Crossing the Border
Early stock options. Click to view more.
National Constitution Center
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Test your flexibility!
The National Archives Experience
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
National Endowment for the Humanities
PCHS Band, 1950
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
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?
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
PCHS Band, 1950
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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Smithsonian Institution Logo
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
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Highline spur during the winter
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
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Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Utah Humanities Ideas In Action
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
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.
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
National Endowment for the Humanities
December 28, 2011
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
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Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Crossing the Border
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
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PCHS Band, 1950
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Way We Worked
Go Figure!
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.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Park City Museum New Harmonies Exhibit
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Make your own sock-puppet.
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Going Places
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.
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?
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Test your flexibility!

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