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Photograph of the front of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1946-1950s

Information

Date
1946 to 1959
Description
A view of the front of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. A banner advertising "Cooled by refrigeration always pleasant" is visible on the right-hand side of the building. The Golden Nugget opened in 1946, and is the first structure designed from the ground up to be a casino. Steve Wynn became the majority shareholder in 1973, and built the first tower in 1977. In 1984, the neon was removed from the building and the spa tower was built, along with the showroom. The third tower was opened in 1989. The hotel now has 2,419 rooms and suites. The casino's large hotel sign at its entrance off Fremont and Casino Center was removed in 1984 when the casino underwent renovations. The old sign presently sits at the YESCO (Young Electric Sign Company) sign yard.
Digital ID
pho018252
Physical Identifier
0106_0002
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d10k26f75
Details
Subject
Casinos
Casinos
Electric signs
Automobiles
Men
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Still Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Citation

pho018252. Robert B. Griffith Photograph Collection. PH-00106. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d10k26f75.

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Extent
5869 x 3447 pixels
4.891 x 2.873 inches
60,711,964 bytes
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff