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, March 26, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
Lex Anteinternet: Casper Star Tribune Editorial board: OK the school...
Lex Anteinternet: Casper Star Tribune Editorial board: OK the school...: The Casper Star Tribune has changed its position (reluctantly, given the pools) and is now supporting the bond. While I wish the Tribune wo...
Lex Anteinternet: The Bond Issue: The actual cost
Lex Anteinternet: The Bond Issue: The actual cost: This graphic, generated by the Natrona County School District, nicely shows the actual cost to Natrona County property owners for improv...
Monday, February 24, 2014
Lex Anteinternet: Natrona County School District Bond Vote
Lex Anteinternet: Natrona County School District Bond Vote: Tonight, February 24, 2014, the Natrona County School District will hold the second of its public meetings to take comments on the proposed ...
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Lex Anteinternet: The Bond Issue. Safety
Lex Anteinternet: The Bond Issue. Safety: As folks who read this blog (and there's darned few I know) are aware, I've written on several occasions about the upcoming Natrona ...
Lex Anteinternet: The Bond Issue. Modern technical and vocational t...
Lex Anteinternet: The Bond Issue. Modern technical and vocational t...: I've posted on the upcoming bond issue here several times before, but I want to switch gears a bit with this post, as I think that perha...
Lex Anteinternet: Swimming Pools — NCSD Transform
Lex Anteinternet: Swimming Pools — NCSD Transform: Swimming Pools — NCSD Transform Nice site on the proposed pools and the bond issue. Here's the reason for the bond issue: "Whi...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Lex Anteinternet: Book Announcement: On This Day In Wyoming History...
Lex Anteinternet: Book Announcement: On This Day In Wyoming History...: We'd like to announce that our book, On This Day In Wyoming History , will go to press in March and can be pre-ordered from the publishe...
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Lex Anteinternet: Keeping a Swimming Pool at NCHS
Lex Anteinternet: Keeping a Swimming Pool at NCHS: I was on the Natrona County High School swim team in 1978-1979 and 1979-1980. I might have been in 1980-1981 as well, my senior year, but ...
Thursday, November 14, 2013
The Strand Theatre, Rawlins Wyoming
This is the Strand Theatre Building in Rawlins, Wyoming. The theater was built in 1919, at a time when movies were becoming increasingly popular. I don't know what the current use of the building is, and whether or not it is still used as a theater.
Some may wonder why the Strand had its name painted on the back of its building. The theater is located only one block from the Union Pacific railroad, and at that height, rail passengers would have been likely to notice the sign. Rawlins was a major stop on the Union Pacific at that time, and its likely that quite a few travelers saw the sign and were tempted to take in a movie if they were staying overnight in Rawlins, which had at least one fairly good sized hotel in the downtown district.
Labels:
Rawlins Wyoming,
Theater,
Wyoming
Location:
Rawlins, WY 82301, USA
Public School wall, Rawlins Wyoming.
This is a former wall for the public school in Rawlins, Wyoming. The school is no longer there, and hasn't been for as long as I can recall, but the decorative wall remains. As noted on the wall, the school must have been built in 1886, prior to statehood.
Labels:
Rawlins Wyoming,
Schools,
Wyoming
Location:
Rawlins, WY 82301, USA
Monday, August 26, 2013
Lex Anteinternet: This is the former stable for the Wyoming Nation...
Lex Anteinternet:
This is the former stable for the Wyoming Nation...: This is the former stable for the Wyoming National Guard in Newcastle, Wyoming. The Armory was downtown, and no longer stands. ...
This is the former stable for the Wyoming Nation...: This is the former stable for the Wyoming National Guard in Newcastle, Wyoming. The Armory was downtown, and no longer stands. ...
Friday, August 16, 2013
Lex Anteinternet: The Big Picture: The University of Wyoming in 190...
Lex Anteinternet: The Big Picture: The University of Wyoming in 190...: The geology building, pre additions, far left. Old Main far right.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
The Royal Hawaiian
This is the Royal Hawaiian on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. It's one of the original luxury hotels on Oahu, and is famous for its distinctive pink color.
The hotel has an interesting history, as it started prior to air service made travel to Hawaii easy, and therefore, for the most part, travel to the islands was a luxury in and of itself. It was taken over by the U.S. Navy during World War Two, and operated as a rest facility for submariners. It resumed operation as a hotel post war, and remains a well known hotel today.
Labels:
Hawaii,
Honolulu Hawaii,
Hotels,
Waikiki
Location:
Honolulu, HI, USA
Monday, July 1, 2013
Missionary Houses, Lehaina Maui Hawaii
These are obviously beyond the scope of this forum, but still, this provides some interesting examples of houses for Europeans in the Hawai'ian island in the 19th Century. The one constructed from volcanic rock is particularly notable.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Old Yellowstone District Signs, Casper Wyoming
Casper Wyoming has been working for some time on developing its Old Yellowstone District, so called because the Old Yellowstone Highway runs through it. This road is no longer the highway, and has not been for quite some time, although it was as recently as the early 1970s, and I can remember traveling on it in my parents cars.
The city has commissioned these signs, which have a 1930s feel to them, seeking to promote business. leisure and residence in the district.
Labels:
Casper,
Old Yellowstone District,
Wyoming
Friday, April 5, 2013
Lex Anteinternet: Railhead: Arminto Wyoming
Lex Anteinternet: Railhead: Arminto Wyoming:
This thread includes, through the generosity of Ray Galutia, the only photographs on the web of Arminto Wyoming during the height of its existence, in the 1940s.
This thread includes, through the generosity of Ray Galutia, the only photographs on the web of Arminto Wyoming during the height of its existence, in the 1940s.
Labels:
Arminto Wyoming,
Gasoline Station,
General Store,
Hotels,
retail stores.,
Wyoming
Location:
Arminto, WY 82630, USA
Friday, March 15, 2013
Basin Wyoming Post Office
This is a bit outside of our unusual topic here (which admittedly has been expanding) but this is an unusually nice and classic small town U. S. Post Office. This is the very classically styled Post Office in Basin, Wyoming, which is right next to the classically styled Big Horn County Courthouse.
That such an impressive, albeit small, structure was built shows how viable and important these small towns were.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Sidewalk Clock, Casper Wyoming
The March 10 entry on Today In Wyoming's History, which featured a sidewalk clock from outside of Wyoming, reminded me of this one, in Casper.
This is something that isn't as common as it once was, a sidewalk clock. Once a fairly common, and pretty neat, feature of the downtown landscape, I don't know that anyone puts them up any more. If they do, it's not frequently.
This particular one has been in place for decades. So much so, in fact, that I hardly take notice of it, even though its a prominent feature on the sidewalk. This is the Ayres Jewelry Store sidewalk clock which, as can be seen, is in the shape of a large diamond ring.
Labels:
advertising,
Casper,
Clocks,
Wyoming
Location:
Casper, WY, USA
Monday, March 11, 2013
Black Cat Books, Greybull Wyoming
This doesnt' really fit our normal topic category here, but interesting advertisement theme nonetheless.
Labels:
advertisements,
advertising,
Greybull Wyoming,
retail stores.,
Wyoming
Location:
Greybull, WY 82426, USA
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Firehouse Brewing Company, Rapid City, South Dakota
Labels:
Fire Station,
Rapid City South Dakota,
South Dakota
Location:
Rapid City, SD, USA
Downtown Rapid City
This Iphone photo was originally intended to show the odd seen of a dance class at work in the second story of the building across the street, but that taxed the ability of the Iphone camera. Therefore, what it shows instead is part of the well preserved downtown of Rapid City.
Labels:
Rapid City South Dakota,
South Dakota
Location:
Rapid City, SD, USA
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Lex Anteinternet: What people read
Lex Anteinternet: What people read: We've had this blog up for a couple of years now, with the first posts being in 2009 . There were none in 2010, but we really took off in p...
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