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.

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Train mural, Casper Wyoming

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This train mural is on the Platte River Parkway that runs through downtown Casper along a rails to trails easement.   The building is the 32...
Sunday, July 2, 2023

Blog Mirror: Historic Casper Theaters For Sale With Legal Stipulation They Can't Be Theaters Again

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 From the Cowboy State Daily: Historic Casper Theaters For Sale With Legal Stipulation They Can't Be Theaters Again As the owners they c...

Painted Bricks: Tumble Inn, Powder River, Wyoming.

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We recently ran this story.  Painted Bricks: Tumble Inn, Powder River, Wyoming. :   As this institution is in the news, and as I knew I'...
Sunday, June 4, 2023

Tumble Inn, Powder River, Wyoming.

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  As this institution is in the news, and as I knew I'd taken these photographs, I looked to see if I had posted them. Of course, I had ...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

Lex Anteinternet: The 2023 Wyoming Legislative Session. Mining Mural Appropriation

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Lex Anteinternet: The 2023 Wyoming Legislative Session. End of the f... :  HB 264 would appropriate funds to memorialize the mining industry...
Saturday, January 21, 2023

Bricktown, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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These are all bad photographs from my hotel window of the Bricktown district of Oklahoma City.  I didn't have time to tour it, so this i...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Colorado Baseball. Coors Field, Denver Colorado.

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Lower Downtown Denver

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 A building baring a variety of old signs in Lower Downtown Denver
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Grain/Hay elevator, Lower Downtown Denver.

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 A grain and elevator in Lower Downtown Denver, clearly no longer serving that purpose.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Denver in 1859 Mural, Denver Colorado.

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 A mural on a building in the Denver Heights district of Denver.
Monday, October 24, 2022

Denver Heights Sign

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I'm not sure what this building was, but to the extent that I can read the sign, suitcases and traveling bags are advertised.
Sunday, October 23, 2022

The Big Chief Bottling Company, Denver Colorado.

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Big Chief was a soda brand that was bottled across the United States including Colorado, where this building housed that enterprise.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Women of Wyoming, Casper Wyoming

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The spectacular, but hard to photograph, mural Women of Wyoming in downtown Casper.  It really must be seen, in part because It's hard t...
Monday, October 17, 2022

Prairie Woman, Casper Wyoming.

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 A mural on one of the newer downtown building in Casper, entitled Prairie Woman.
Friday, September 23, 2022

James Reeb Mural, Casper Wyoming

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This is the memorial to civil rights activist James Reeb in Casper Wyoming.  I should have taken this photograph when this mural was new, as...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Slavic Apothecary, Sheridan Wyoming.

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  Some sort of Slavic apothecary in Sheridan, Wyoming.  As I'm not otherwise familiar with it, and as the green in such shops tends to i...
Friday, May 13, 2022

Today In Wyoming's History: Casper's Historical Preservation Commission Meets Tonight, May 13, at Black Tooth Brewery.

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Today In Wyoming's History: Casper's Historical Preservation Commission Meets ... :  The event is its first "meet and greet...
Saturday, April 23, 2022

Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Amber and Her Arborglyphs

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Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Amber and Her Arborglyphs : M. and I were poking around in the Wet Mountains two days ago, at the site of a no...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

Historic Sidewalk Maps, Denver Colorado.

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The City of Denver has municipal offices right downtown, and in front of their municipal office building, they have a series of maps in the ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Baseball mural, 1998 All Star Game. Denver Colorado.

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This mural is directly across from Coors field in downtown Denver.  The All Star Game was played at Coors Field in 2021, but this mural cele...
Monday, April 11, 2022

Street corner, Denver Colorado.

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Saturday, April 2, 2022

West of Surrender, Denver Colorado.

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  From a bar and grill, West of Surrender, in downtown Denver.
Thursday, December 2, 2021

The Aerodrome: Medicine Bow Aiport (Site 32 SL-O (Salt Lake-Omaha) Intermediate Field Historic District).

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The Aerodrome: Medicine Bow Aiport (Site 32 SL-O (Salt Lake-Omaha... :  Medicine Bow Aiport (Site 32 SL-O (Salt Lake-Omaha) Intermediate Fie...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Lex Anteinternet: "Denver has outgrown us". El Chapultepec closes.

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Lex Anteinternet: "Denver has outgrown us". El Chapultepec closes. : . "Denver has outgrown us". El Chapultepec closes....
Monday, December 14, 2020

Wyoming Territorial Seal, Big Hollow Food Coop, Laramie Wyoming.

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This is a nice rendition of the Territorial Seal of Wyoming on the Big Hollow Food Coop building in Laramie.  We've featured this buildi...
Saturday, December 5, 2020

Nolan Chevrolet, Casper Wyoming

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Nolan Chevrolet was an early Chevrolet dealership in Casper, Wyoming, probably the town's first.  It opened in this building, which was ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Art or vandalism?

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We don't like to put up photos of graffiti here as it's not in the same category as what this blog is dedicated to depict.  Here, we...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Vita Sana Olive Oil Company, Casper Wyoming

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These are paintings on the side of the Vita Sana Olive Oil Company in Casper, Wyoming.  The speciality food store sells more than olive oil,...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Antelope mural, Laramie Wyoming

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  Somehow I missed this mural in downtown Laramie when I was otherwise photographing the excellent set of murals there.  This one depicts Wy...
Friday, July 31, 2020

Elk Mountain Trading Company. Elk Mountain, Wyoming.

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This is the Elk Mountain Trading Company building in the tiny town of Elk Mountain, Wyoming.  Built in 1932, the building and business na...
Sunday, February 9, 2020

Graffiti Records Mural, Rock Springs Wyoming

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This is a mural on the side of Graffiti Records in Rocks Springs, Wyoming.A fox and a jack rabbit adorn the buidling.
Saturday, February 8, 2020

CPA Office Murals, Rock Springs Wyoming.

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The office of a CPA in Rock Springs, Wyoming.  Most of the themes on this side of the building have to do with the rights of women in soc...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Former Grocery Store, Rocks Springs, Wyoming.

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Rock Springs Wyoming has a fairly extensive old downtown dating from the early 20th Century.  Not all of the buildings are in good shape ...
Thursday, December 5, 2019

Holscher's Hub: Pentax: Built like a tank

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Holscher's Hub: Pentax: Built like a tank : So states a professional photography blog naming the Pentax K1 full frame one of the three ...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Grant Street Grocery, Casper Wyoming

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Grant Street Grocery in Casper Wyoming is the only surviving small neighborhood grocery store in the town and even advertises the same. ...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

University Building, Denver Colorado.

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What's depicted here is the smokestack of the University Building in Denver Colorado. The University Building was built in 1910 as ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

La Boheme, Denver Colorado.

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This is a photograph of the mural on the side of La Boheme in Denver, which euphemistically calls itself a "gentleman's cabaret...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Paleontologist Mural, Laramie Wyoming

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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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