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