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