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From Military Bands to Summer Symphonies, Park City’s musical history has always been entertaining.

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Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Silver-to-Snow

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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.

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

Go Figure!

Going Places

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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.

Crossing the Border

PCHS Band, 1950

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

December 28, 2011

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

NEH on the Road

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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!

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.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Going Places

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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Utah Humanities Council

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

Crossing the Border

Test your flexibility!

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

December 28, 2011

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

The Way We Worked

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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Barn-Postcard

The National Archives Experience

On a guided hike with Hal

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

In Cahoots

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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.

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

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

National Constitution Center

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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