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

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

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

Crossing the Border

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

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Make your own sock-puppet.

Raffle

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

PCHS Band, 1950

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Barn-Postcard

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

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

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

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

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

Going Places

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

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

Crossing the Border

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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

Museum-Art

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

On a guided hike with Hal

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.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

Raffle

December 28, 2011

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

2018-Ornament

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

December 28, 2011

National Constitution Center

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.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

PCHS Band, 1950

Test your flexibility!

Go Figure!

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Way We Worked

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

NEH on the Road

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Park City Museum

Going Places

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

In Cahoots

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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