Friday, May 25, 2012

Guest Post #3. Dillon Montana

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And one more set from our friend Sandy: And two older ones from Dillon, Montana. Dillon is cattle country and the home of the U ...

Guest Post #2: Thompson Falls, Montana

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Some more photos sent by our friend, Sandy: These are from Thompson Falls, Montana along Rt 200, which follows the Flat Head Ri...

Guest Post #1: Oddfellow's Building, Colfax Washington

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Our friend Sandy sent us these photos, and reports: This is the Oddfellows building, from both sides, in Colfax, Washington ...

Coca Cola Building, Casper Wyoming

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This is the Coca Cola Building in Casper, Wyoming.  The building was a bottling plant at one time.  There is presently an effort ...
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Skelly Gasoline Station, Casper Wyoming

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  Skelly was an oil company that had its own gasoline stations, as most oil companies did, up until 1977 when it was bought...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Campbell County Mural, Gillette Wyoming

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College Bar, Douglas Wyoming

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"Cafe-Hotel" Buffalo Wyoming

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Capitol Hotel, Buffalo Wyoming

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The Capitol Hotel building on Main Street, Buffalo Wyoming.

Grain Elevator, Leister Wyoming

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A grain elevator near Leister Wyoming.
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Elder, Quinn & McGill Company Building, Casper Wyoming

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This building is the Elder, Quinn and McGill Building in Casper, Wyoming. I'm not really familiar with this company, but I believe it ...
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Fire Station No. 1, Casper Wyoming

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This is Casper's old Fire Station No. 1, now a commercial office building. The newer looking brick work on the right is an addition. ...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Occidental Hotel, Buffalo Wyoming

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This depicts Main Street, downtown Buffalo Wyoming. The building in the foreground is the Occidental Hotel, a very old Buffalo Hotel that ...

Natrona County International Airport Mural

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Mural depicting the history and industries of Natrona County, Wyoming, in the Natrona County International Airport.
Monday, November 14, 2011

Best Out West elevator, Sheridan Wyoming

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Old elevator in Sheridan Wyoming. This elevator belonged to the Best Out West flour mill, and apparently this was the mill. The hotel next...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Opal, Wyoming

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Old painted store side in Opal, Wyoming. This was a fairly substantial structure, in what was an isolated small town, and as the sign indic...
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Friday, October 7, 2011

L&L Fabrication, Gillette Wyoming

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This is an enormous industrial building in Gillette Wyoming which features a mural of regional businesses on its side. Impressive mural.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Feed Store Elevator, Lander Wyoming

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Classically painted feed store elevator in Lander, Wyoming.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Denver Colorado

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This is an usual modern example of a painted building logo, this one located on the roof of the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant in Den...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Dupler Brothers Fur Building, Denver Colorado

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Downtown Denver used to have several furriers and fur warehouses. This was one of them.
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Noland Feed Store

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This is example of a long time business, still in business with a painted brick building. The Noland Feed store, in downtown Casper, Wyoming...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

One you definately do not see anymore, brickwork, Thermopolis Wyoming

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Here's one that you would not see done again, and you might also expect to have been changed since 1945. Swastika motif in brickwork. ...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Evanston Wyoming

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Downtown Evanston, Wyoming, with many old painted signs in evidence.

Prairie Publishing Company Window

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The Townsend Hotel--Townsend Justice Center

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A building figuring in several posts below has now entered new service, but with its old painted signs intact. What was once the Townsen...
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Cars of the past

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This building serves as the VFW in Lead, South Dakota. It was obviously a fine car dealership, however, offering Hudsons and Terraplanes....

Virgin Mary Mural in Salt Lake City

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I'll admit that this is a bit unusual for this page, but this is a spectacular mural of the Virgin Mary in downtown Salt Lake City. ...
Friday, August 28, 2009

Townsend Ghost Signs Get Reprieve

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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.

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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

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