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