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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Crossing the Border

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Test your flexibility!

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

In Cahoots

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

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

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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?

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

December 28, 2011

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

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The Way We Worked

NEH on the Road

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Go Figure!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Crossing the Border

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

PCHS Band, 1950

National Constitution Center

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

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

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

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

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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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.

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

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

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

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

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Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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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.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Going Places

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Halloween at the Glenwood

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Book card in the Park City Library

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Going Places

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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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!

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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