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