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