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Photograph of YESCO workers installing Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), 1951

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Creator
Creator: Desert Sea News Bureau
Date
1951
Description

Workers installing the now-famous Vegas Vic sign on the front of the Pioneer Club. Stamped on back of photo: "Photo by Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "First Highrise Hotel -- Center of action downtown throughtout the '30s was the Apache Hotel which boasted an elevator and a nitery downstairs. The corner is now Binion's Horseshoe, but the spot has undergone many name changes from Tony Cornero's 'S.S. Rex' to the Eldorado where the mobs were fighting for control of the race wire. Bugsy Siegel's influence was first felt here in the early '40s."
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street

Digital ID
sky000148
Physical Identifier
0100:0027
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1445hr4c
Details
Subject
Signs and signboards
Automobiles
Casinos
Men
People
Sidewalks
Streets
Women
Time Period
1950s (1950 - 1959)
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
color photographs
Digital Project
Dreaming the Skyline: Resort Architecture and the New Urban Space
Citation

sky000148. L. F. Manis Photograph Collection, 1940-1967. PH-00100. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1445hr4c

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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