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