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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

Silver King Headframe

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

The National Archives Experience

PCHS Band, 1950

Go Figure!

Going Places

National Constitution Center

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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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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.

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Crossing the Border

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

NEH on the Road

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

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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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 members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

December 28, 2011

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

On a guided hike with Hal

Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

In Cahoots

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

Museum-Art

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

The Way We Worked

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Make your own sock-puppet.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Test your flexibility!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Going Places

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

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