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.
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
Test your flexibility!
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.
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Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Book card in the Park City Library
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Crossing the Border
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
PCHS Band, 1950
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
December 28, 2011
Going Places
Test your flexibility!
On a guided hike with Hal
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County
The Way We Worked
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
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
Make your own sock-puppet.
PCHS Band, 1950
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
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.
John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Going Places
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
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Crossing the Border
Early stock options. Click to view more.
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
Utah Humanities Council
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
In Cahoots
Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
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.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
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!
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.