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