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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The National Archives Experience

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Going Places

The Way We Worked

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

December 28, 2011

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

In Cahoots

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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Crossing the Border

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Test your flexibility!

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Park City Museum

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Utah Humanities Council

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

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Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

PCHS Band, 1950

Silver-to-Snow

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Going Places

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

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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