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