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Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Test your flexibility!

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

Utah Humanities Council

Silver-to-Snow

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

2018-Ornament

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

December 28, 2011

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

NEH on the Road

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

December 28, 2011

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Going Places

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

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

Barn-Postcard

The Way We Worked

Go Figure!

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

Museum-Art

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

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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.

Silver King Headframe

The National Archives Experience

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

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.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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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.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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?

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Thaynes Headframe

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

PCHS Band, 1950

National Constitution Center

Test your flexibility!

In Cahoots

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Crossing the Border

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Crossing the Border

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

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

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.

Going Places

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

PCHS Band, 1950

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