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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Test your flexibility!

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Going Places

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

December 28, 2011

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

In Cahoots

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

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

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Go Figure!

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.

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Test your flexibility!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Halloween at the Glenwood

The Way We Worked

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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Highline spur during the winter

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

The National Archives Experience

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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?

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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

Book card in the Park City Library

National Constitution Center

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

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

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

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

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.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Going Places

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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.

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

Silver King Headframe

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

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

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NEH on the Road

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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.

Make your own sock-puppet.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

December 28, 2011

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

On a guided hike with Hal

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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