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