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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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!

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

National Constitution Center

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

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

Silver King Headframe

Highline spur during the winter

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

The Way We Worked

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

Crossing the Border

Test your flexibility!

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Barn-Postcard

Make your own sock-puppet.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

In Cahoots

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.

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.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Book card in the Park City Library

PCHS Band, 1950

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

The National Archives Experience

Silver-to-Snow

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Utah Humanities Council

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Going Places

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Go Figure!

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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.

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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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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.

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Park City Museum

2018-Ornament

Going Places

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

On a guided hike with Hal

Thaynes Headframe

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

Test your flexibility!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

NEH on the Road

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.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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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