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