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

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

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

Crossing the Border

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

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

Going Places

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Museum-Art

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

December 28, 2011

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Going Places

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

The National Archives Experience

Raffle

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

2018-Ornament

Muckers and Millionaires Case

In Cahoots

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

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

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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.

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.

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Barn-Postcard

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

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

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

The Way We Worked

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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

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

Park City Museum

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

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

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

NEH on the Road

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

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

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

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.

Silver King Headframe

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

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

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

On a guided hike with Hal

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

National Constitution Center

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

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

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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Go Figure!

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

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

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

Utah Humanities Council

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Crossing the Border

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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.

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Silver-to-Snow

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

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

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

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

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

PCHS Band, 1950

December 28, 2011

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

Book card in the Park City Library

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