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