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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.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Silver-to-Snow

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

PCHS Band, 1950

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The National Archives Experience

The Way We Worked

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

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Book card in the Park City Library

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

In Cahoots

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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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.

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

December 28, 2011

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

Going Places

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Crossing the Border

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Park City Museum

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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!

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

Go Figure!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Test your flexibility!

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

Crossing the Border

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Going Places

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

December 28, 2011

Test your flexibility!

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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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Silver King Headframe

NEH on the Road

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Museum-Art

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

Raffle

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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