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

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

December 28, 2011

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

NEH on the Road

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Go Figure!

Book card in the Park City Library

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Muckers and Millionaires Case

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

Crossing the Border

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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PCHS Band, 1950

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Crossing the Border

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

Silver King Headframe

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The National Archives Experience

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Way We Worked

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Halloween at the Glenwood

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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Museum-Art

In Cahoots

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

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

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.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

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Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

December 28, 2011

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

Highline spur during the winter

Going Places

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Test your flexibility!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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

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

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.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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