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