IMG_1520thumb

Sizes: 150 × 150 / 232 × 300 / 750 × 969 / 750 × 970 / 480 × 300 / 720 × 500 / 1,780 × 2,300

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Gallery

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils

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?

December 28, 2011

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Park-City-Museum-Store

• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

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.

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

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!

NEH on the Road

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Park City Museum New Harmonies Exhibit — Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Raffle

PCHS Band, 1950

Make your own sock-puppet.

Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum

December 28, 2011

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

New Harmonies Park City Local Sponors — PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County

Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!

Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

????????????????????????????

Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.

Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

Crossing the Border

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Book card in the Park City Library

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

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

Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.

Go Figure!

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.

Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.

Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

2.10-Invite

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.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

Halloween at the Glenwood

Crossing the Border

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.

Caption goes here

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

The Way We Worked

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Museum-Art

Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

Barn-Postcard

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Test your flexibility!

Going Places

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

pop-jenks-newsletter

Raffle

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.

Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

Just as in the early days, no one wears an apron to Club, although at a recent FCE convention, there was a program on aprons, and we all wore ours and participated in an apron parade. The styles reminded us of how much has changed for country women, but the apron and its strings still draw the family together, and home life will always be our first and highest priority. ©EllynAnne Geisel

George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

The National Archives Experience

2018-Ornament

Muckers and Millionaires Case

National Constitution Center

On a guided hike with Hal

In Cahoots

Wheelchair access icon

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

PCHS Band, 1950

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

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.

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

2019-holiday-ornament_Thaynes-Conveyor-Mine

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

Silver-to-Snow

PCHS Band, 1950

Going Places

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)

Utah Humanities Council

Image Info

Dimensions 1,780 × 2,300
Date November 1, 2011
Camera Canon PowerShot A710 IS
Aperture ^f⁄₂
Focal Length 5 mm
Shutter Speed ¹⁄₆₀ sec
Name IMG_1520thumb-1.jpg
Mime Type image/jpeg
Type JPG
Size 698.19 KB

Covid-19 Update: The Park City Museum is currently open Wednesday through Sunday Read more