Yellow Gondola #60

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Yellow Gondola #60

Gallery

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

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

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

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The National Archives Experience

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

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

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Make your own sock-puppet.

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

Going Places

On a guided hike with Hal

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

Crossing the Border

Muckers and Millionaires Case

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.

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Test your flexibility!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

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

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

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

The Way We Worked

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

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

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

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.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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

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

In Cahoots

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Thaynes Headframe

Raffle

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

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

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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

Book card in the Park City Library

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

Park City Museum

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

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.

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

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

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

Halloween at the Glenwood

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

December 28, 2011

PCHS Band, 1950

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

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

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

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

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

Test your flexibility!

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

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

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

December 28, 2011

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

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

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Going Places

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

Museum-Art

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

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

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

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

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

NEH on the Road

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Silver King Headframe

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

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

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

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

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

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

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

National Constitution Center

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Highline spur during the winter

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

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

Raffle

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

2018-Ornament

PCHS Band, 1950

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

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

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

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

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

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

Early stock options. Click to view more.

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

Go Figure!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

PCHS Band, 1950

Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

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

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

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

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

Crossing the Border

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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

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

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

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

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The Museum is CLOSED Tuesday, December 3 and Wednesday, December 4 for annual cleaning.