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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Crossing the Border

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

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

Going Places

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

In Cahoots

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

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

Barn-Postcard

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

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Crossing the Border

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

NEH on the Road

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

Silver-to-Snow

PCHS Band, 1950

Going Places

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

National Constitution Center

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Go Figure!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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.

Test your flexibility!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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 Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Silver King Headframe

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Park City Museum

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The National Archives Experience

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

The Way We Worked

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

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