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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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Crossing the Border

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Book card in the Park City Library

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Crossing the Border

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.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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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.

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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 Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Going Places

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

Test your flexibility!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Test your flexibility!

NEH on the Road

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Going Places

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Way We Worked

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

In Cahoots

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Go Figure!

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.

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

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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 the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

December 28, 2011

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

The National Archives Experience

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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