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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Test your flexibility!

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Utah Humanities Council

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

In Cahoots

December 28, 2011

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.

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

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

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

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

Going Places

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.

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

PCHS Band, 1950

The National Archives Experience

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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.

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Highline spur during the winter

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

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Go Figure!

Going Places

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

PCHS Band, 1950

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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.

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

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

The Way We Worked

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Crossing the Border

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

NEH on the Road

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

National Constitution Center

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Barn-Postcard

December 28, 2011

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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