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Silver-to-Snow

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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NEH on the Road

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Go Figure!

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Barn-Postcard

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

National Constitution Center

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Park City Museum

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.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Book card in the Park City Library

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

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

In Cahoots

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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The Way We Worked

Thaynes Headframe

Crossing the Border

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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.

December 28, 2011

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver King Headframe

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.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Going Places

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

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

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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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Going Places

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Crossing the Border

Test your flexibility!

The National Archives Experience

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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