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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Crossing the Border

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

On a guided hike with Hal

Barn-Postcard

December 28, 2011

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Going Places

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Utah Humanities Council

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

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Museum-Art

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Going Places

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

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.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

The Way We Worked

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

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

2018-Ornament

Silver King Headframe

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

Test your flexibility!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

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.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

In Cahoots

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

December 28, 2011

Thaynes Headframe

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Highline spur during the winter

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Crossing the Border

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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Silver-to-Snow

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

NEH on the Road

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Make your own sock-puppet.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park City Museum

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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.

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

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

Go Figure!

The National Archives Experience

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.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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