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