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Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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.

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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.

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

December 28, 2011

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Crossing the Border

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

The Way We Worked

Early stock options. Click to view more.

PCHS Band, 1950

Highline spur during the winter

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Thaynes Headframe

Halloween at the Glenwood

Silver King Headframe

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

The National Archives Experience

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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.

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In Cahoots

Make your own sock-puppet.

Barn-Postcard

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Going Places

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

PCHS Band, 1950

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Park City Museum

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Museum-Art

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.

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Going Places

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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.

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

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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

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

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Go Figure!

Test your flexibility!

NEH on the Road

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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

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