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