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.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Unidentified, Denver Colorado
A sign that's been painted over so many times, it's now pretty much unreadable in any of its variants. Downtown Denver.
Labels:
Colorado,
Denver Colorado
Location:
Denver, CO, USA
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Sonic Rainbow, Casper Wyoming.
1960s themed Record Store Day poster, commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the store, Sonic Rainbow, in Casper.
Somewhat off topic, independent record store Sonic Rainboy, in Casper, features interesting window art and window paintings fairly frequently, examples of which are here for Independent Record Store Day.
Record Store Day is the third Saturday in April and commemorates independent record stores.
Labels:
Casper,
Iphone Photo,
retail stores.,
Windows,
Wyoming
Location:
Casper, WY, USA
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Buick dealership, Rock Srpings, Wyoming
This is the back of a building in Rock Springs that once housed the Buick dealership. I'm not sure of the vintage of the dealership but nearby Bunning Park was put in during the early 1920s.
Location:
Rock Springs, WY 82901, USA
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Wyoming Automotive Company and the Rock Srpings City Hall, Rock Springs Wyoming.
This photo, taken with an Iphone on my way to a deposition, is far from ideal, and was intended to be of the Rock Springs City Hall. It's also included on our Courthouses of the West blog. But, more or less coincidentally, the sign for Wyoming Automotive Company can be seen on the building next to the city hall.
I don't know about this particular Wyoming Automotive, and the sign is barely depicted because the trees in the photograph obscure it, but the Wyoming Automotive in Casper was an automobile parts store, and I suspect that this one was or is.
Labels:
Iphone Photo,
retail stores.,
Rock Springs Wyoming,
Wyoming
Location:
Rock Springs, WY 82901, USA
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Plaza Hotel and Montgomery Wards, Rock Springs Wyoming
A lot of the photos I take on this blog are taken on the way to, or from, a work function. So it's frequently the case that I can't really frame them like I would if I had more time in which to do it. So, to some degree, you catch these buildings the way a hurried pedestrian would.
That makes for a lot of bad photos that get posted here, but it also sometimes means you have something illustrated that you wouldn't otherwise, and here is such an example. This shows the purpose of painting these large signs on the side of a building.
The building shown in the distance in this photo is the former Plaza Hotel and Montgomery Wards in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The hotel sign is clearly visible, the Montgomery Wards sign less so. This hotel was an old Rock Springs hotel on a main street downtown, but like most such hotels, it's now used for other businesses.
Labels:
Hotels,
retail stores.,
Rock Springs Wyoming,
Wyoming
Location:
Rock Springs, WY 82901, USA
Chicago Meat Mark Building, Rock Springs Wyoming.
This 1909 structure originally housed the Chicago Meat Market in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The Odd Fellows fraternal organization has occupied the second floor of the structure since 1912. Their symbol remains visible on the building.
Location:
Rock Springs, WY 82901, USA
First National Bank, Rock Springs Wyoming
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This is the First National Bank Building in Rock Springs, Wyoming. This structure, no longer in use as a bank, was built in 1917.
This is the First National Bank Building in Rock Springs, Wyoming. This structure, no longer in use as a bank, was built in 1917.
Labels:
banks,
Rock Springs Wyoming,
Wyoming
Location:
Rock Springs, WY 82901, USA
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Chesterfield sign, J's Prairie Rose Cafe, Laramie Wyoming
This is a Chesterfield cigarettes sign on what is now J's Prairie Rose Cafe in Laramie Wyoming. This sign is only visible as the building that was next to this one has been taken down. I have no idea how old the sign is, but up until last year it would have have been visible for decades.
Labels:
advertisements,
advertising,
Cigarettes,
Laramie Wyoming,
Wyoming
Location:
410 S 2nd St, Laramie, WY 82070, USA
Folded Products Co., A Classic Touch, Ft. Collins Colorado.
This is a nicely preserved older brick building in Ft. Collins Colorado that has housed A Classic Touch motorcycles for at least 25 years. At one time, according to the painted sign on the top of the building, it housed the Folded Products Company, although I have no idea what that was.
Location:
Fort Collins, CO, USA
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Pepsi Cola sign, Country Cash & Save, Burlington Wyoming
Classic Pepsi sign on the side of a small store in Burlington Wyoming. This sign is quite a bit newer than many of those featured here, which doesn't make it new.
Labels:
Burlington Wyoming,
General Store,
grocery stores,
Wyoming
Location:
Burlington, WY 82411, USA
Sinclair sign, Cody Wyoming
The remnants of a Sinclair sign on the side of a store in Cody Wyoming. I suspect that hte store was once a garage.
Labels:
Cody Wyoming,
Garage,
Iphone Photo,
Wyoming
Location:
Cody, WY 82414, USA
Monday, January 11, 2016
Center Street and 2nd, Casper Wyoming, at night.
Labels:
Casper,
Iphone Photo,
Theater
Location:
Casper, WY, USA
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