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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Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

NEH on the Road

Silver-to-Snow

December 28, 2011

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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.

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

The National Archives Experience

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!

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

Wedding party at 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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Going Places

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

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.

Crossing the Border

Going Places

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

The Way We Worked

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.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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In Cahoots

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

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

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

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

National Constitution Center

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.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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Halloween at the Glenwood

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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December 28, 2011

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

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.

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Test your flexibility!

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.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thaynes Headframe

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Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

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

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Silver King Headframe

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

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

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Go Figure!

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Highline spur during the winter

Book card in the Park City Library

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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