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