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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

NEH on the Road

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

Highline spur during the winter

The Way We Worked

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

In Cahoots

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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.

Make your own sock-puppet.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

PCHS Band, 1950

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Crossing the Border

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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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.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver King Headframe

December 28, 2011

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Going Places

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

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.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Utah Humanities Council

Test your flexibility!

December 28, 2011

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Going Places

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Crossing the Border

Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their 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.

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

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.

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Test your flexibility!

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Go Figure!

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

National Constitution Center

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

PCHS Band, 1950

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The National Archives Experience

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

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