Read Now.indd

Sizes: 150 × 150 / 214 × 300 / 250 × 300 / 250 × 300 / 250 × 300 / 100 × 100 / 250 × 350

Read Oral Histories Online.

Gallery

Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.

Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.

Park-City-Museum-Store

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Just as in the early days, no one wears an apron to Club, although at a recent FCE convention, there was a program on aprons, and we all wore ours and participated in an apron parade. The styles reminded us of how much has changed for country women, but the apron and its strings still draw the family together, and home life will always be our first and highest priority. ©EllynAnne Geisel

Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.

2018-Ornament

In Cahoots

Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!

Test your flexibility!

Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.

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.

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

Go Figure!

2.10-Invite

Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?

Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King

Park City Museum New Harmonies Exhibit — Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould

Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.

Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.

Going Places

Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past

Raffle

PCHS Band, 1950

Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.

Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.

Utah Humanities Ideas In Action

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

NEH on the Road

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

December 28, 2011

Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!

Highline spur during the winter

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Come “Savor the Summit” with us!

From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.

Test your flexibility!

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.

The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.

Wheelchair access icon

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils

Make your own sock-puppet.

Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

PCHS Band, 1950

Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.

Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.

Watchman’s Cabin-Today

Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.

Utah Humanities Council

Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!

PCHS Band, 1950

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

The National Archives Experience

Moose on Main Street 2017 ornament

401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs

Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.

Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.

2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame

pop-jenks-newsletter

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

New Harmonies Park City Local Sponors — PC Library, Egyptian Theatre, Mountain Town Music, Deer Valley Music Festival, Done to Your Taste, Summit County

Thomas Kearns building on Main Street

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Going Places

Caption goes here

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.

Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.

1943 McAllen, TX Main Street

The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.

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.

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives

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.

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

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

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?

Museum-Art

Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

Muckers and Millionaires Case

Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)

Ken Martz talks about his historic home.

2019-holiday-ornament_Thaynes-Conveyor-Mine

Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!

December 28, 2011

Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.

Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection

Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening

????????????????????????????

The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.

Thaynes Headframe

Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.

Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!

The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.

Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908 Credit: Summit County Historical Museum

Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.

Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.

The Way We Worked

Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.

Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.

Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!

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.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Park City Museum

Docent led Museum tours explore Park City history.

Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum

The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail–and passengers when it had room–to Park City.

Raffle

• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.

View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.

National Constitution Center

Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.

Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines

Crossing the Border

Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!

Early stock options. Click to view more.

Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.

Crossing the Border

Halloween at the Glenwood

On a guided hike with Hal

A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.

Silver-to-Snow

Silver King Headframe

Barn-Postcard

Book card in the Park City Library

Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.

George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.

Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.

Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection

Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.

Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.

Image Info

Dimensions 250 × 350
Name Read-Now1.jpg
Mime Type image/jpeg
Type JPG
Size 87.98 KB