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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

Silver-to-Snow

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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Crossing the Border

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.

NEH on the Road

The National Archives Experience

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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.

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

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.

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

On a guided hike with Hal

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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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PCHS Band, 1950

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

National Constitution Center

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Go Figure!

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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.

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

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The Way We Worked

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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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.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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.

Going Places

Book card in the Park City Library

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

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

In Cahoots

Crossing the Border

Early stock options. Click to view more.

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Highline spur during the winter

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

Going Places

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

Test your flexibility!

Silver King Headframe

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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

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

Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros 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.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

December 28, 2011

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Park City Museum

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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