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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

PCHS Band, 1950

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

In Cahoots

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

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

Museum-Art

Going Places

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

National Constitution Center

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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.

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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.

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

Going Places

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Crossing the Border

Test your flexibility!

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

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

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

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Crossing the Border

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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The Way We Worked

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Go Figure!

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

NEH on the Road

Utah Humanities Council

Highline spur during the winter

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Silver King Headframe

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

December 28, 2011

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

The National Archives Experience

Silver-to-Snow

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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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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.

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Barn-Postcard

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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