Greenwood

Smelter slag souvenir

Below is one of the strangest souvenirs ever made of our area, courtesy of the Greenwood Centennial Committee. The committee was first...

Greenwood memorabilia

Three noteworthy bits of Greenwood memorabilia (Greewoodiana?) have sold on eBay in the last few months. On Aug. 4, a dry-mount photo of...

Phantom signs: Greenwood Grocery

We recently looked at faux phantom signs in Greenwood left over from filming Snow Falling on Cedars. But there are a few other real...

From the Greentree to Greenwood

Visting Sandon this month, I was surprised to see a hand-carved wooden sign on the old brothel as you enter town that reads: “Greentree 1...

Phantom signs: Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars, the movie filmed partly in Greenwood in 1998, left a legacy of faux phantom signs, which helped transform the...

M.D. Cryderman, scenic artist for hire

Painting signs by hand has largely gone out of style but was once a common vocation. The men (and I imagine a few women) who did it for a...

Rossland/Greenwood syphon nets $1,700

A clear syphon from the Lion Bottling Works of Rossland and Greenwood (pictured below) sold on eBay this afternoon for $1,382 US, which...

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