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