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Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Test your flexibility!

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Crossing the Border

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

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Silver King Headframe

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.

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Crossing the Border

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

The Way We Worked

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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Park City Museum

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Museum-Art

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Silver-to-Snow

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

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Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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In Cahoots

National Constitution Center

Going Places

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

NEH on the Road

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

Barn-Postcard

Raffle

Thaynes Headframe

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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.

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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.

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

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

Raffle

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Going Places

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Go Figure!

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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.

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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