Blue Cowboy & Indian Invade Elm Street

Cowboys and Indians have taken over the window of the Guilford Building at 301 South Elm Street. We're not sure exactly whose assemblage this is, gracing the window of a place that was formerly the Greensboro Bank and Trust Company. The impressive building was the second tallest in Greensboro when it was built in 1927. The architect for this building was the same one who designed the Jefferson Building. The building with provenançe has gone kitsch.

By 1927, Western film was a thriving industry and names like Boris Karloff and Gary Cooper and Westerns, like  "The Meddlin' Stranger" and Gary Cooper "Nevada" were delighting movie-goers. Perhaps the window is a nod to this bygone era. More importantly, it is fun to see things that exude creativity and set one's mind to imagining. Who on earth spent all of this time finding and assembling this scene worthy of a short story- or of a Western?  The more we examine the scene and notice the sameness of the blue, the more we start suspecting the monochromatic figures were generated by a 3-D printer. Wouldn't that be a 21st century twist! Print-em out cowboy!

We're sharing this post with our friends at Weekend Reflections who adore photos with reflections.

Comments

[Jane T. Mitchell]

I never associate Boris karloff with westerns. In fact, I can't even imagine Frankenstein on a horse or roping a calf.

[William Kendall]

It's visually interesting!

I've seen one of those 3D printers in operation. They're entirely different!

[Janis & David]

I know, Jane Mitchell, but he was in (at least) one in the 20's!

['Tsuki]

A double reflection and a nice composition... Thanks for the inspiring sharing !

[Lowell]

Lots of blue for sure. And there's a lot of things and people represented, not only a cowboy. There is a person who resembles a spear-thrower, a scuba diver, a muscle-man, baseball hard caps, an old lamp, an old car, etc. Can't imagine what this is all about, except the color blue.