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