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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Halloween at the Glenwood

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Going Places

2018-Ornament

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

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Silver King Headframe

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

National Constitution Center

PCHS Band, 1950

Test your flexibility!

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.

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Park City Museum

Going Places

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

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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NEH on the Road

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

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.

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

In Cahoots

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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.

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Thaynes Headframe

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

Museum-Art

On a guided hike with Hal

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

Go Figure!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

December 28, 2011

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Raffle

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

December 28, 2011

Barn-Postcard

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

Raffle

PCHS Band, 1950

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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.

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

The Way We Worked

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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