Painted Bricks

The Painted Brick Building Sides of buildings in Wyoming's towns and cities, and sometimes from other areas of the West. An examination of old style advertising. . . as it looks today.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Townsend Ghost Signs Get Reprieve

As it turns out, the Townsend Hotel sign will remain after all. . . sort of. Actually, it's being repainted. The bricks of the buildi...

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Townsend "Ghost" sign to be no more.

As reported in today's Casper Star Tribune, the Downtown Development Commission has decided that the old sign doesn't comport to the...

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Townsend Again

These photos show the same building depicted immediately below, but with additions. This is the Townsend Building again, in the proces...

Monday, February 2, 2009

Updates, Changes, and Disappearing Signs

Two of the buildings depicted here no longer look anything like what is depicted below, an amazing change if you consider that these photo...

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Natrona Transfer & Storage Company

Natrona Storage & Moving Company was a moving and storage company that dated back many decades. Their substantial building was built ...

Ayres Jewelry

This building is painted with the name of Ayres jewelry. It is perhaps an unusual example, in that Ayres, a very long lasting Casper b...

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Jersey Creamery Inc.

This sign was the business sign for the Jersey Creamery, which was located downtown, near the railroad. Our grandfather/great grandfather...

H-C Ranchwear

The signs on this building are particularly difficult to read, as the building is so close to a much newer building housing a movie theate...

Gustavsen's Garage

This building was built in 1921 and has served a variety of businesses over the years. The signs that remain show the various uses. O...

Monday, March 3, 2008

Lou Taubert Ranch Outfitters

These photographs are of Lou Taubert's Ranch Outfitters, a long time Casper business. The buisiness sells clothing, and as the signs...

Saturday, March 1, 2008

The Wonder Bar

These photographs are of the "World Famous" Wonder Bar. The Wonder Bar has operated on Center Street for decades, although it h...

Bowen's Sporting Goods

For many years, this was Bowens Sporting Goods. The building now houses an Orvis store. When it was Bowens, however, it was one of two m...

Bush Wells

This photograph depicts the sign for Bush Wells Sporting goods. Bush Wells is a longstanding Casper sporting goods store which is still lo...

The Townsend Building (A. J. Woods)

This is a sign advertising the Woods For Men clothing store, on the side of the Townsend Building (not to be confused with the Townsend Ho...

Kistler Tent & Awning.

This is a sign painted on the former location of Kistler Tent & Awning Company. Kistler Tent & Awning still exits, but in a diff...

The Townsend Hotel

This is the Townsend Hotel, in Casper. The building was built as a substantial, modern hotel, in the 1920s, but fell into disrepair ...

Welcome to Painted Bricks

This blog exists as a format to publish photo of buildings in Casper, Wyoming, although it is possible some other interesting buildings from...

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Pat, Marcus & Alexis: We are father, son and daughter, all native to Casper Wyoming. All of us are interested in history and photography. Our websites seeks to record a bit of that history, and that of our region. The photo depicted at the top of our Painted Bricks site and our Courthouses of the West sites are credited to Wyoming Tales and Trails, whose website can be found at: http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/index.html

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