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