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