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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

On a guided hike with Hal

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Crossing the Border

The National Archives Experience

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

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Barn-Postcard

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

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Utah Humanities Council

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Raffle

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

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Test your flexibility!

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

December 28, 2011

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

PCHS Band, 1950

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

2018-Ornament

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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

Go Figure!

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Crossing the Border

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Going Places

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Going Places

National Constitution Center

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

December 28, 2011

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

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

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.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Raffle

NEH on the Road

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The Way We Worked

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

In Cahoots

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

Museum-Art

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