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