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