Wolcott Galleria, Casper Wyoming.

A modern example of something old, the Wolcott Galleria sign in a heavily traveled alley in Casper Wyoming.

Sidewalk Compass, Casper Wyoming

Also on Midwest Avenue, a decorative Compass.

Manhole Cover, Casper Wyoming

Straying somewhat from the focus of the blog, this is an ornate manhole cover on a Midwest Avenue sidewalk in Casper.  The only one of its kind in Casper of which I'm aware, its been in place for decades.

Holscher's Hub: A note about the photographs on this blog.

Holscher's Hub: A note about the photographs on this blog.: When this blog first started, almost all the photos were by me, the fellow identified occasionally as "PTH".  I didn't even bo...

Holscher's Hub: Windshield view of Gettysburg Pennsylvania.

Windshield view of Gettysburg Pennsylvania.

Writing inspirations – Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney « M J Wright

Writing inspirations – Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney « M J Wright

Wyoming Fact and Fiction: Oldest House in Wyoming

Wyoming Fact and Fiction: Oldest House in Wyoming

Lex Anteinternet: Enigmatic Messages for Weary Travelers.

Lex Anteinternet: Enigmatic Messages for Weary Travelers.

America Theatre

This is the America Theatre, a very old movie theater on Center Street. The theater has been in operation for decades, although it's had its ups and downs. Some twenty or so years ago, it was bought by local entrepreneurs who revamped it, together with the Rialto Theater up the street, bringing it back into the full swing of things. The theater has a very wide screen, and is a very popular theater today.

While the Rialto has been restored to its 1930s appearance, the America, which is nearly as old, retains the look it has had much since the 1970s.

 America Theatre at night.

 Classic car (1954 Chevrolet Bel Aire)  near a classic theater.

GB Fish and Chips, Denver Colorado

I've passed by this location a million times, and have looked at this strangely compelling and simultaneously repulsive mural every time. 

This is the mural on the side of GB Fish and Chips on Colfax Avenue in Denver. The apparently well regarded chain of local fish and chips shops features giant flags from the United Kingdom in all of their several locations, apparently.  This particular mural also has three figures on the Union Jack, one of whom can't been seen in this photo taken from the back window of my pickup truck.  It's probable that all three depict actual people, with the one on the right in boxing shorts, and all three of whom are wearing boxing gloves and bloodied.  The middle figure in the top hat is Winston Churchill.

I find this mural impossible not to look at, but also very odd.

Wyoming Fact and Fiction: False Fronts in the Old West

Wyoming Fact and Fiction: False Fronts in the Old West

History flows on Poplar

History flows on Poplar