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The National Archives Experience

2.10-Invite

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

Going Places

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

In Cahoots

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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2018-Ornament

Going Places

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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 Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

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The Way We Worked

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

National Constitution Center

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Crossing the Border

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Thaynes Headframe

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Highline spur during the winter

December 28, 2011

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

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Go Figure!

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

On a guided hike with Hal

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park City Museum

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.

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Crossing the Border

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Museum-Art

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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