Wednesday, November 19, 2025

"U Bett It Hurts" Tattoo parlor, formerly Casper's Piggly Wiggly.

 


This building appears to be empty, and it also appears to have been divided into sections.  The portion to the left of the photo was clearly once part of the overall business front.

That business was Casper's Piggly Wiggly.  It appears to have been stores second location, an earlier one was downtown on 2nd Street.

At some point it became a tattoo parlor.  I can recall it being that, but I can't recall when.  The art advertising the tattoo parlor is horrible, so I doubt it attracted many customers in and of itself.

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

The news is full today of the vandalization of the White House by Donald Trump.

Horrific.

This site is about architecture and preserving architectural features.  Trump appears to be only about Trump.

One can only hope that once this episode is over and the White House has a new occupant, the destruction is reversed as a priority, and the hideous ballroom ripped down.

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Immaculate Mary

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Immaculate Mary: In honor of the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we gave the shrine at our house a freshening up. This statue of our Blessed Mother an...

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Roads to the Great War: Some Dandy World War One British Pub Signs

Roads to the Great War: Some Dandy World War One British Pub Signs: Britain has a unique heritage in its signage: a record of its history and the people who made it. Inn signs depict everything, from battles ...

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Shop Signs

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Shop Signs: With a rainy day on hand, I headed to the shop to hang some final touches on the wall. It pays to have the shop set up like you want. If don...

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Donkey, Gillette Wyoming.


This donkey statute is along Donkey Creek.  Gillette was originally called Donkey Town.



 

Saturday, July 27, 2024

J. E. Stimson statue, Cheyenne Wyoming.


 Stimson was a significant pioneer photographer in Wyoming, working in Wyoming and the west from 1889 to 1952, when he passed away.  His record of early Wyoming is, literally, priceless.