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