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Gallery

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Silver King Headframe
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
2018-Ornament
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
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Thaynes Headframe
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Utah Humanities Ideas In Action
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
On a guided hike with Hal
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Going Places
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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
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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.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
December 28, 2011
In Cahoots
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
PCHS Band, 1950
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Crossing the Border
National Endowment for the Humanities
Highline spur during the winter
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
National Constitution Center
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Watchman’s Cabin-Today
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
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
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
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Utah Humanities Council
Utah Humanities Council
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
New Harmonies Park City Local Sponors
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Crossing the Border
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Book card in the Park City Library
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The National Archives Experience
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December 28, 2011
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Make your own sock-puppet.
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
NEH on the Road
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Test your flexibility!
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
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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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.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Barn-Postcard
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
PCHS Band, 1950
Go Figure!
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Raffle
Halloween at the Glenwood
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Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Test your flexibility!
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
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The Way We Worked
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
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.
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
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.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Going Places
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
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
Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
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Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
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.
PCHS Band, 1950

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