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