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.
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Big Hollow Natural Foods, The Second Story Bookstore, Laramie Wyoming
This is a mural I was sure I'd posted before, but apparently have not. One of a collection of murals in downtown Laramie, Wyoming.
Indeed, these photographs show two separate murals, as there is the tree mural, apparently a nocturne, behind the one that is principally featured here.
Labels:
Laramie Wyoming,
Mural,
Wyoming
Oops
A couple of days ago I noted that I'd thought I'd taken some photos of murals in Laramie and was surprised they weren't posted here.
And, indeed I had. I just didn't post them at the time. So I'm going to go back and do that now, leading to the oddity that the last two mural topics are more recent than those which are about to follows.
And, indeed I had. I just didn't post them at the time. So I'm going to go back and do that now, leading to the oddity that the last two mural topics are more recent than those which are about to follows.
Monday, May 20, 2019
Fish Mural, Laramie Wyoming
Labels:
Laramie Wyoming,
Mural,
Wyoming
Location:
Laramie, WY, USA
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Trees and Hills Mural, Downtown Laramie, Wyoming.
There has been an extensive mural project in downtown Laramie Wyoming in recent years. Indeed, I thought that I'd posted a set of photographs on Laramie murals before, and I'm pretty sure that I've taken a collection of them, but I can't see that I posted them.
This mural is a fanciful landscape featuring animated trees.
Labels:
Laramie Wyoming,
Mural,
Wyoming
Location:
Laramie, WY, USA
Thursday, April 18, 2019
O'Fallon Museum, Baker Montana.
A mural on the side of of the O'Fallon Museum in Baker Montana. Baker is in Fallon, not O'Fallon, County Montana, so presumably the "O" was dropped off of the name of Benjamin O'Fallon, after whom the county was named, at some point when Montana chose to honor the early Indian Agent and nephew of William Clark with a county name.
The building was originally the county jail and was built in 1916.
Labels:
1910s,
Baker Montana,
Montana
Location:
Baker, MT 59313, USA
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Natrona County Mural, Natrona County International Airport
A very nice mural, obviously put up before terrorist attacks made extra security necessary.
At one time the observation deck, from which the top photographs were taken, was a jet bridge for boarding large jets. We don't have large jets at our airport anymore, so presumably that capability isn't needed at the present time.
Labels:
Airport,
Casper,
Mural,
Natrona County Wyoming,
Wyoming
Friday, March 1, 2019
Some Gave All: British Expeditionary Force Memorial, France
Some Gave All: British Expeditionary Force Memorial, France
British Expeditionary Force Memorial, France
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The Bars of Baker Montana
The Corner Bar in Baker Montana.
Heiser's Bar in Baker Montana.
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Labels:
Baker Montana,
bars,
Montana,
restaurants
Location:
Baker, MT 59313, USA
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Lex Anteinternet: As we pass 700,000 views, the State of the Blog(s)...
Lex Anteinternet: As we pass 700,000 views, the State of the Blog(s)...: Lex Anteinternet Ostensibly exploring the practice of law before the internet. Heck, before good highways for that matter. ...
Friday, November 23, 2018
Levee murals, Denver Colorado.
The City of Denver has revitalized Lower Downtown Denver ("LoDo") into an area which has become a hot district of the city. Much of that revitalization involved redeveloping what had been an industrial area into a mixed residential urban district.
Everything depicted here, demonstrates that.
This area was once a very industrial area separating the Denver Heights from Downtown Denver, and it was all pretty gritty in some ways, although the Heights itself had been residential throughout. Now, it's all redone.
Included in the redoing were these efforts at murals. I can't say I regard them as a success, frankly, but the project is ongoing.
Location:
Denver, CO, USA
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
New sidewalk clock, Platte County Courthouse. (From Courthouses of the West)
Location:
Wheatland, WY 82201, USA
Monday, November 12, 2018
Flour Mills Mural, Wheatland Wyoming
These photographs depict a Flour Mills mural on the main street of Wheatland Wyoming. As can be seen from the photograph above, the building with the mural is directly across the street from the Platte County Courthouse in Wheatland, Wyoming.
Platte County was founded in 1911 by way of an irrigation project that brought farming into the region, so the mural is quite appropriate for the history of the town.
Labels:
Mural,
Wheatland Wyoming,
Wyoming
Location:
Wheatland, WY 82201, USA
Sunday, November 11, 2018
License Plate Mural, Wheatland Wyoming.
This is an outbuilding on the property of Platte County which features a mural of one of Wyoming's prior license plates. I don't know what the use of the building is, but everything on the block belongs to the county so it must have some governmental use.
Labels:
Mural,
Platte County Wyoming,
Wheatland Wyoming,
Wyoming
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Wilson Drug Company, Old Highlands District, Denver Colorado
This is a bad photograph, taken from inside my truck, of a building marked "Wilson Drug Co." in the Old Highlands District of Denver. I don't know how old this building is, but it's old.
Labels:
bad photography,
Colorado,
Denver Colorado,
Old Highlands District,
Pentax DSLR w/ film zoom lens,
Pentax K1
Location:
Denver, CO, USA
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Hotel Crescent, Sheridan Wyoming
This is a photograph of the Hotel Crescent sign on what was formerly that hotel, in Sheridan Wyoming.
Sheridan has one of the best preserved old downtown's in Wyoming. It never really fell into a state of disrepair and the old buildings largely remain in use, if not in their original uses. For that reason, if this blog was done correctly, there's be a large number of Sheridan photographs here. For whatever reason, however, whenever I'm in Sheridan I tend to be a bit pressed for time, so I've never taken the time to photograph the numerous old buildings that deserve to be here on this site. I've done better, in regard to Sheridan, with our Churches of the West blog.
Labels:
Hotels,
Sheridan Wyoming,
Wyoming
Location:
Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Blog Mirror: Pedri: An appetite for historical destruction
Pedri: An appetite for historical destruction
Labels:
Blog Mirror,
Commentary
Location:
Rock Springs, WY 82901, USA
Saturday, October 6, 2018
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