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Highline spur during the winter

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

On a guided hike with Hal

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.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Go Figure!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Silver-to-Snow

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

NEH on the Road

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Halloween at the Glenwood

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.

Crossing the Border

Test your flexibility!

Test your flexibility!

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

December 28, 2011

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

The Way We Worked

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Silver King Headframe

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Going Places

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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.

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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

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

Raffle

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

PCHS Band, 1950

Utah Humanities Council

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

National Constitution Center

Going Places

Thaynes Headframe

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

In Cahoots

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

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Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

2018-Ornament

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Barn-Postcard

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb 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

Crossing the Border

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The National Archives Experience

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!

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

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