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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2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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Early stock options. Click to view more.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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?

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

December 28, 2011

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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.

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

The Way We Worked

Muckers and Millionaires Case

National Constitution Center

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Going Places

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

In Cahoots

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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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.

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

NEH on the Road

Silver-to-Snow

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Go Figure!

The National Archives Experience

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Crossing the Border

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

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Test your flexibility!

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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 Depot. October 30, 1900.

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

Thaynes Headframe

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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.

Going Places

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

On a guided hike with Hal

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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