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