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