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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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Park City Museum

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

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

PCHS Band, 1950

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

December 28, 2011

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Silver King Headframe

Test your flexibility!

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

In Cahoots

The National Archives Experience

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

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.

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Going Places

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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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

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

PCHS Band, 1950

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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Crossing the Border

December 28, 2011

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Book card in the Park City Library

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.

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

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

Go Figure!

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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.

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

National Constitution Center

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Crossing the Border

The Way We Worked

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Highline spur during the winter

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

NEH on the Road

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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Going Places

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Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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