The Stephens Hotel has some amazing old details such as signs, letters, books, throws, etc. While I’m not sure if this little piece of paper is original to the building, my guess is that it is. It reads, “Checking Out Time 2 pm on the Day of your Departure.” There’s also a neat sign in …
Yes, it was actually sunny this morning for about a half hour, just after the sun rose. The way the sun hits the buildings on Park Street is just breathtaking at this time. Shown below from left to right: The Greek Cafe, The Imperial Block, The Ivanhoe, “44” as Silver Bow Properties calls it, and …
I’m glad somebody purchased the M&M and plans on doing something with it! Please, pretty please will you fix it so the “M” letters will light up again? Right now just the “&,” the arrow and the “cafe” have the neon working. This photo was taken just before the sun rose, while the neon sign …
This is probably my favorite photograph of Butte that I’ve taken. And, it’s one of the first I ever took. It was November of 2005. I was home from college for the weekend and drove up Main Street. At that point, I really wasn’t that familiar with uptown Butte. Sure I had lived there since …
Yes, yes, I know. It is a bit cliche to photograph yourself in a mirror with your camera in your hands. But what can I say, it’s not too often I’m wearing a hard hat and safety goggles being driven around in a truck in a mine.
This blog is not the best place to showcase this image, as this panorama is meant to be very long and skinny, and the blog is, well, not “fat” enough. You can see the Big M and the city in the background, with the mine in the foreground.
The Pekin Noodle Parlor just might be the oldest Chinese restaurant in the nation. To learn more about its history, you’ll have to check out the article to be published in Montana Magazine later this year. I’ll keep you updated on the specific issue. Danny
I love the different patterns and textured on all of the rugged items around Butte. The dripping paint remnants left alone. The peeling paint and dirt specks caked on the metal. I wonder how many years of dust and dirt have built up.
This giant shovel may look small in the photo, but from the ground to the white of the equipment is about as tall as two of me. That gear may look like something tiny, but the circular gear is probably the size of 3 heads.
