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