Sunday, January 14, 2018

Holscher's Hub: Spirals

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Holscher's Hub: Spirals
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Lex Anteinternet: Happy Centenary! Things or rather places, that ar...

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Lex Anteinternet: Happy Centenary! Things or rather places, that ar... : I've been meaning to post this forever but just wasn't in ...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

The Gaslight Social Club, Casper Wyoming, at night.

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One of several new eating and drinking establishments in Casper Wyoming, the Gaslight Social Club occupies what had originally been the ...
Friday, October 27, 2017

Slightly out of focus. . . the egg beater

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Hmmm. . . .a not very good photo of one of the purported "Seven Wonders of Casper", the dysfunctional Wells Fargo Bank "eg...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Railroad side buildings, Greeley Colorado

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Railroad side buildings in Greeley, Colorado.  Unfortunately, I can't read the signs.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Lex Anteinternet: Some things don't bear the test of time

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Lex Anteinternet: Some things don't bear the test of time : The former Budget Inn in Rawlins, Wyoming.  It was probably pretty modern lo...
Sunday, September 10, 2017

Bicycle Path, Casper Wyoming

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I know what it means. . . but for all the world it looks like an insignia for Corporal of Bicycles.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Rotary Sidewalk Clock, Casper Wyoming

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This is a newly installed Rotary Club sidewalk clock in Casper, Wyoming.  This was photographed during Casper's Eclipse Festival whic...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Occident Flour, Fairview Montana

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This building in Fairview, Montana advertises "Occident Flour" which apparently maintained it "costs more--worth it"....
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Urban Bottle, (Pacific Fruit Warehouse), Casper Wyoming

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This is the old Pacific Fruit Warehouse which as been remodeled as Rocca's Sicilian restaurant and Urban Bottle, a liquor store.  Ur...

Toyota Body Shop, Casper Wyoming

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This photo is proof that not all "ghost signs" are from before World War Two.  The old Toyota body shop in downtown Casper Wyom...

Utility Box, Casper Wyoming

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This utility box has been on this site before from when it featured downtown historic Casper buildings.  Now it features native fish.
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Morey Mercantile Company Building, Denver Colorado

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This building, and the one to the immediately left, were owned by the C. S. Morey Mercantile Company.  I'm not sure of its vintage o...
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Inkmonstr mural, Denver Colorado.

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I have no idea what the story behind this is, but this Inkmonstr mural is located in downtown Denver, Colorado.
Monday, June 5, 2017

Spratlen-Anderson Wholesale Grocery Company (Edbrooke Lofts), Denver Colorado

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This is the Spratlen-Anderson Wholesale Grocery Company Building, and neighboring buildings, in downtown Denver Colorado. Today this it ...

The M. J. O'Fallon Plumbing Company (Colorado Saddlery) Building, Denver Colorado

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This building in Lower Downtown Denver was built for the M. J. O'Fallon Plumbing Supply Company whose painted bricks still adorn it....
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"LoDo Wellness Center", Denver Colorado

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I've been going by this giant mural of a guitar playing cowboy for years and I have in mind that it used to be a Sheplers store in d...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Wax Trax, Denver Colorado.

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This is a photograph of Wax Trax, the legendary Denver record story located in two side by side old buildings in that city.  Currently it...
Sunday, May 14, 2017

Painted Bricks: Purina Elevator, Denver Colorado

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A new elevator mural: Formerly: Purina Elevator, Denver Colorado: Terrible photo, but the elevator features a puppy playi...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Sonic Rainbow, Casper Wyoming: Independent Record Store Day, 2017

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This store has featured here before. This is the Sonic Rainbow record store in Casper Wyoming.  Every year it features new original windo...
Thursday, March 16, 2017

Lex Anteinternet: 1917 The Year that made Casper what it is. Or ma...

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Lex Anteinternet: 1917 The Year that made Casper what it is. Or ma... : I have no before and after pictures for Casper that would cleanly ...
Monday, January 30, 2017

Alley mural, Casper Wyoming.

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Alley mural in Casper, Wyoming
Saturday, December 3, 2016

Owl Mural, Pinedale Wyoming

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A badly framed image of a building belong, I think, to the Forest Service in Pinedale Wyoming.  Nice mural of an owl.
Saturday, November 5, 2016

Lex Anteinternet: Rally for Public Lands, Casper Wyoming, November 5...

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Rally for Public Lands, Casper Wyoming, November 5, 2016     Rally for Public Lands :   Join Us! —WHEN— Saturday, November 5th 1:00...
Friday, November 4, 2016

Houston sidewalks

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Monday, October 31, 2016

Library, Port Arthur Texas

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Lamar State College, Port Arthur Texas

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Somewhat outside of the scope of this blog, but an impressive Southern building, this is a building at Lamar State College in Port Arthur...

John Fett Building, Port Arthur Texas

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Friday, October 28, 2016

Abandoned building, Port Arthur Texas

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I don't know what this building was, but it must have been a good looking building in its day. Downtown Port Arthur is undergoin...
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Hotel Sabine, Port Arthur Texas

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These photos depict the Hotel Sabine in Port Arthur, Texas. The hotel is an abandoned ruin and has been for decades. It's a te...

Refinery Tanks, Harris County Texas

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These are refinery tanks located quite near the San Jacinto Battleground .   The refinery has painted some tanks with scenes commemoratin...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Jardine's, Casper Wyoming

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Welsh Furniture Company Warehouse, Casper Wyoming

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Sunday, September 4, 2016

Lex Anteinternet: Sign of the times? Casper Petroleum Club to close...

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Lex Anteinternet: Sign of the times? Casper Petroleum Club to close... : Founded in 1949 with the purpose to “aid the industrial and produc...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

First National Bank of Meeteetse, Meeteetse Wyoming.

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This is obviously not a painted building, but this small brick building which now serves as a museum does provide a nice example of early...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Lex Anteinternet: What Are You Reading?

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Over on our most active blog, Lex Anteinternet: What are you reading? : What are you reading? A new trailing thread, dedicated to...

Sidewalk Compass, Denver Colorado.

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Sidewalk compass located near the Brown Palace in Denver. Teh odd angle of the bottom photograph is explained by a desire not to have ...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Barth Hotel, Denver Colorado

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I don't know anything about it, other than that the Barth Hotel is located in Lower Downtown Denver.
Friday, June 24, 2016

The ? Supply Company, Denver Colordo

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A snapshot, this depicts a building that has a tile sign noting that its a supply  company, but I'm not sure what sort of supply com...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Icehouse, Denver Colorado

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This old building in Lower Downtown Denver bears a name that is somewhat confusing.  With a name suggesting cold storage, the building wa...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

View House, Denver Colrado

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The sign for the View House cites it was established in 1915.  I don't otherwise know anything about it, other than that it's rig...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Penn Garage, Denver Colorado

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The former Penn Garage in Denver Colorado.
Monday, June 20, 2016

Bar, downtown Denver

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Not sure of the name, but its next to Wax Tracks in Denver Colorado.  An example of a contemporary bar mural, advertising Pabst Blue Ribb...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

The Clyfford Still Museum, Denver Colorado

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Most of the signs up here are of older painted brick signs, of course. There are exceptions, and this is one, but this is particularly an...

Jackson's Sports Bar, Denver Colorado

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Mural on the side of Jackson's Sports Bar in Denver, which is right across the street from Coors Field.  This was taken from a distan...

Pepsi Cola sign and The Dutch Mill sign, Champa Street Denver Colorado.

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Sometimes the photos are just bad.  The nature of snapshots, I guess. Pepsi sign and The Dutch Mill sign, Champa Street, downtown Denve...