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