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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Highline spur during the winter

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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Going Places

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

In Cahoots

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

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?

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

December 28, 2011

The National Archives Experience

National Constitution Center

Crossing the Border

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Silver King Headframe

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

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.

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

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Going Places

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

December 28, 2011

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Thaynes Headframe

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Go Figure!

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.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

NEH on the Road

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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 Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

Book card in the Park City Library

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

The Way We Worked

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Crossing the Border

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

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

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

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

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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