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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Way We Worked

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Go Figure!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

National Constitution Center

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

December 28, 2011

Museum-Art

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Wheelchair access icon

In Cahoots

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Test your flexibility!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Silver-to-Snow

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

Going Places

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

December 28, 2011

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

NEH on the Road

PCHS Band, 1950

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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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.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Crossing the Border

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

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?

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

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

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Going Places

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Barn-Postcard

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Crossing the Border

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Test your flexibility!

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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