Muckers and Millionaires Case

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Muckers and Millionaires

Gallery

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

PCHS Band, 1950

The Way We Worked

PCHS Band, 1950

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Barn-Postcard

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Going Places

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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Highline spur during the winter

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

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.

Utah Humanities Council

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Silver-to-Snow

Raffle

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Raffle

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

National Constitution Center

December 28, 2011

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

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

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.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Crossing the Border

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Go Figure!

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

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

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.

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Park City Museum

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.

Crossing the Border

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Going Places

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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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.

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.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

December 28, 2011

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Museum-Art

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

The National Archives Experience

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

In Cahoots

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From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

NEH on the Road

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park-City-Museum-Store

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Image Info

Dimensions 386 × 521
Date August 19, 2009
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