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