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