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