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

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The Way We Worked

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Book card in the Park City Library

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

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

NEH on the Road

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Silver King Headframe

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

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Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

The National Archives Experience

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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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.

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

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

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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!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

December 28, 2011

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 Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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

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Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

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From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

Go Figure!

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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

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 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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Thaynes Headframe

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

National Constitution Center

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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!

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Going Places

Halloween at the Glenwood

In Cahoots

Crossing the Border

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Crossing the Border

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Going Places

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

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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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