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