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Photograph of an artist's rendering of the front exterior of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn (Las Vegas), 1950

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Date
1950
Description

Artist's conception of the entrance of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn at night, showing its signature neon sign lit. Title near the bottom right reads "Proposed pylon sign."
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Digital ID
sky000511
Physical Identifier
MS 98-12, Misc. Box 1, Folder 5
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d10k26q87
Details
Subject
Hotels
Time Period
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
renderings (drawings)
freehand drawings (drawings)
architectural drawings (visual works)
ink washes
exterior perspectives
Digital Project
Dreaming the Skyline: Resort Architecture and the New Urban Space
Citation

sky000511. Young Electric Sign Company Corporate Records, 1957-2001. MS-00403. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d10k26q87

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Standardized Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Language

English

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