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

The Way We Worked

Test your flexibility!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

In Cahoots

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

National Constitution Center

Go Figure!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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December 28, 2011

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

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

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.

Test your flexibility!

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.

Silver-to-Snow

Halloween at the Glenwood

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

December 28, 2011

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Utah Humanities Council

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

2018-Ornament

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Museum-Art

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Crossing the Border

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

The National Archives Experience

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Park City Museum

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Crossing the Border

Going Places

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

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NEH on the Road

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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.

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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.

Going Places

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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.

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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