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