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December 28, 2011

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Make your own sock-puppet.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

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.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Barn-Postcard

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Halloween at the Glenwood

Utah Humanities Council

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Crossing the Border

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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.

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Going Places

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Test your flexibility!

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

The Way We Worked

Book card in the Park City Library

December 28, 2011

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Museum-Art

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PCHS Band, 1950

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Go Figure!

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Going Places

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

In Cahoots

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

National Constitution Center

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Crossing the Border

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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