Model of the Coalition Building and Silver King Aerial Tramway in the Park City Museum
Thomas Kearns building on Main Street
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Drop by the Smith & Brim and learn about some of the eating habits of early Parkites.
Come “Savor the Summit” with us!
PCHS Band, 1950
On a guided hike with Hal
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Wasatch Coal Mine, Chalk Creek (near Coalville) dated 1908Credit: Summit County Historical Museum
View over 100 aprons in our newest traveling exhibit, Apron Chronicles.
1943 McAllen, TX Main Street
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
The Mega Mine viewed from the mezzanine.
The Park City Military Band, July 4, 1911.
Go Figure!
Brenda Biondo, Miracle Lifetime Whirl, Hudson, CO, 2011; colorphotograph, 28 1/2 x 20 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
The Park City Wranglers, ca 1930s.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
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.
Wedding party at the Utah Central Railroad Depot. October 30, 1900.
Swap stories about Park City at an oral history night!
Wedding party at Utah Central Depot. October 30, 1900.
Test your flexibility!
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
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
Bison skull, c. 2009, bone, courtesy Smoky Hill Bison Ranch.
Students enjoy a break in the Skier Subway after their tour.
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Crossing the Border
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz
Make your own sock-puppet.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
Lakewood Plaza, outdoor living space. Long Beach, Calif., 1950s. Maynard L. Parker, photographer. Courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
Highline spur during the winter
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Silver King Headframe
Halloween at the Glenwood
Early stock options. Click to view more.
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.
Ken Martz talks about his historic home.
Share the joy of math with children (Bigstock/SerrNovik)
Learn about the 1926 Graham Brothers Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Main Street, ca.1900, Kendall Webb Collection
Why did writing a newspaper article in a tent make the front page in 1898? Find out on the mezzanine level!
Stop by to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
December 28, 2011
The Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Museum member Don Covert enjoys one of our popular ski tours.
Pat Kutzbach and Jon Scarlet catalog Park City business tokens.
In Cahoots
Muckers and Millionaires Case
Photos by Jim Herrington/www.jimherrington.com and Philip Gould
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Utah Humanities Council
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.
December 28, 2011
Wendy Lavitt, Syd Reed and Barbara Martz enjoy the Dungeon Party.
UT Office of Tourism, Zions Bank, KUER, KRCL, Eccles Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Federation of State Humanities Councils
Exploring Park City’s history is great fun!
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Park City miner Jim Santy explains the hoist during a 2nd grade tour.
Going Places
Watchman’s Cabin-Today
Thaynes Headframe
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.
Belly up to the bar and learn why the bar was more than a place to wet your whistle.
From the Jordanelle Special Service District Collection.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Meet the Ghosts of Park City’s Past
Park City’s Historic Main Street. Click for more images.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Step back in time: make sure you stay on the right side of the law!
The Way We Worked
401 Park Avenue. Park City Historical Society & Museum, Thomas F. Hansen Collection, made possible by a gift from Peter and Gail Ochs
Going Places
Dodo poses on Sam Billings’ (left) motorcycle with Ephraim Adamson (right). Pop Jenks Collection
Learn how to make a book at the Park City Museum.
Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
Map by William Henry Jackson, 1861. Courtesy the Library of Congress.
Bonnie (Witch), Noah (Renaissance Man), and Ron (Mother Urban) enjoy the evening
The Silver Queen made millions in Park City’s mines.
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Woman holding cherries (Tanzania), photograph by Mark Stell, courtesy of Portland Roasting.
PCHS Band, 1950
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
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!
2011 – Daly West Mine & Head Frame
Students at Parkside Apartments explore a carbide lamp.
Korean War: Men of the 5th Air Force receive donated books and periodicals sent in the mail, 1951. Courtesy National Archives
Retired miner Rich Martinez shares photos and stories with docents.
George Catlin, North American Indians, 1844, hand-colored lithograph, 25 x 21, private collection. Photo: E.G. Schempf.
The Kimball Stagecoach delivered mail-and passengers when it had room-to Park City.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Marine Ricky Sorenson at the soda fountain after coming home from war.
Make sure to stop by every couple months to see what’s new in the Changing Gallery!
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
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.
Learn about this 1926 Graham Bros Dodge and the generations of Berrys who served the Park City Fire Department.
Test your flexibility!
Members enjoying the infamous Dungeon Party. Click for more images.
Swap stories at one of our oral history nights!
Lannie Scopes as Deputy Sheriff Sam Billings.
In preparation of a camping trip in 1956, these Boy Scouts load gear into a trunk.
A bracero with a short-handled hoe over his shoulder stands in a California field.
Irene Ruhnke, 2007 reproduction of 1946 original, Photograph, Image: 12 x 8, Private collection.
PCHS Band, 1950
Park City Museum members at the Annual Dungeon Party!
Thomas Kearns underground at the Silver King
Climb on board the skier subway and learn about its history.
Fell down a shaft; died of a broken heart; accidentally shot. Who says life in the old West was a bowl of cherries?
Semper Fidelis Club bids farewell to Marines
Coffee cherries being loaded onto a truck (Herbazu, Costa Rica), photograph by D. Major Cohen.
• John Vachon, Man mowing lawn, Grundy Center, Iowa, 1940, black-and-white photograph, courtesy Library of Congress.
Photos courtesy Park City Museum and Deer Valley Resort.
Derelict fishing gear, plastic bottles, and marine debris, Maug Island, Mariana Trench Marine National Monument, 2009. Image courtesy of Angelo Villagomez/Marine Photobank.
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.
Students learn about the 1898 fire by looking at historic photographs.
