Historic Main Street Walking Tours

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Learn all about Park City’s history while enjoying our beautiful Main Street.

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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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.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

December 28, 2011

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Going Places

Muckers and Millionaires Case

December 28, 2011

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

Highline spur during the winter

Test your flexibility!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

National Constitution Center

Barn-Postcard

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Crossing the Border

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

NEH on the Road

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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.

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

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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.

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

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

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

Park City Museum

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Going Places

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Silver King Headframe

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Go Figure!

The Way We Worked

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

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

In Cahoots

PCHS Band, 1950

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

PCHS Band, 1950

The National Archives Experience

Museum-Art

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

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

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.

Thaynes Headframe

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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?

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

2018-Ornament

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

Crossing the Border

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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