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