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