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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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Utah Humanities Council

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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In Cahoots

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

NEH on the Road

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The Way We Worked

Park City Museum

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

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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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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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.

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Test your flexibility!

Museum-Art

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

Crossing the Border

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

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

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

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

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.

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

Going Places

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

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

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.

The National Archives Experience

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

National Constitution Center

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Going Places

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

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

December 28, 2011

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

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

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

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Book card in the Park City Library

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

Crossing the Border

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Go Figure!

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

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

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