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

The National Archives Experience

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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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.

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Museum-Art

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Go Figure!

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

December 28, 2011

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

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.

National Constitution Center

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

NEH on the Road

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

Crossing the Border

Crossing the Border

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

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

Going Places

In Cahoots

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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Highline spur during the winter

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

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

December 28, 2011

Test your flexibility!

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 the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Silver King Headframe

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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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.

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.

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.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Way We Worked

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thaynes Headframe

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Silver-to-Snow

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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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.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Going Places

2018-Ornament

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

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

• 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.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Barn-Postcard

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Park City Museum

Halloween at the Glenwood

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

PCHS Band, 1950

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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