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