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

Muckers and Millionaires Case

December 28, 2011

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

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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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.

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Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

National Constitution Center

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

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

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

PCHS Band, 1950

Park City Museum

Crossing the Border

The National Archives Experience

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

Crossing the Border

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

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

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

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

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

December 28, 2011

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

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

Going Places

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

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 Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

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

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Test your flexibility!

In Cahoots

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

2018-Ornament

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

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

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

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

NEH on the Road

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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

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Silver-to-Snow

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

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

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Highline spur during the winter

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

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

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

Going Places

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

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

Museum-Art

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

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

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

PCHS Band, 1950

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.

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.

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.

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

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Muckers and Millionaires Case

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Go Figure!

Utah Humanities Council

pop-jenks-newsletter

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Test your flexibility!

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

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

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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

Barn-Postcard

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

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Book card in the Park City Library

The Way We Worked

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

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

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

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

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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.

Thaynes Headframe

Silver King Headframe

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

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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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