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