Park City Museum

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Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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.

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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.

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

December 28, 2011

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

December 28, 2011

Book card in the Park City Library

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

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

Museum-Art

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Test your flexibility!

NEH on the Road

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

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

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.

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

The Way We Worked

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

On a guided hike with Hal

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

National Constitution Center

Silver-to-Snow

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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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.

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Crossing the Border

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Going Places

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

Go Figure!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Thaynes Headframe

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

The National Archives Experience

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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.

Going Places

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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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