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