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