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Gallery

On a guided hike with Hal
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Museum-Art
PCHS Band, 1950
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
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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Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
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Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Highline spur during the winter
NEH on the Road
2018-Ornament
2.10-Invite
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Park City Museum
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Book card in the Park City Library
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Crossing the Border
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Raffle
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Smithsonian logo
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
PCHS Band, 1950
Thaynes Headframe
Park-City-Museum-Store
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Utah Humanities Ideas In Action
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
National Constitution Center
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
Barn-Postcard
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
December 28, 2011
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
In Cahoots
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.
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
New Harmonies Park City Local Sponors
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
Muckers and Millionaires Case
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.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
Go Figure!
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
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Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Utah Humanities Council
Utah Humanities Council
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Going Places
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
PCHS Band, 1950
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Smithsonian Institution Logo
Going Places
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?
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
The National Archives Experience
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Make your own sock-puppet.
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?
Crossing the Border
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Test your flexibility!
Silver King Headframe
Test your flexibility!
The Way We Worked
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Silver-to-Snow
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
December 28, 2011
Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Halloween at the Glenwood
Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament
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.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
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.
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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Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Park City Museum New Harmonies Exhibit
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Just as in the early days, no one wears an apron to Club, although at a recent FCE convention, there was a program on aprons, and we all wore ours and participated in an apron parade. The styles reminded us of how much has changed for country women, but the apron and its strings still draw the family together, and home life will always be our first and highest priority. ©EllynAnne Geisel
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Watchman’s Cabin-Today
Wheelchair access icon
National Endowment for the Humanities
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Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
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Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

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