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