George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908
Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
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
Test your flexibility!
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Silver King Headframe
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Test your flexibility!
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
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.
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!
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Make your own sock-puppet.
Halloween at the Glenwood
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Early stock options. Click to view more.
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Utah Humanities Council
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
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!
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Crossing the Border
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Muckers and Millionaires Case
PCHS Band, 1950
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Going Places
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Going Places
PCHS Band, 1950
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
PCHS Band, 1950
Book card in the Park City Library
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The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Muckers and Millionaires Case
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Thaynes Headframe
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.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
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.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Crossing the Border
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
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.
December 28, 2011
The Way We Worked
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
In Cahoots
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
On a guided hike with Hal
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
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.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Go Figure!
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.
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
