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Photograph of Harrah's Tahoe side entrance (Stateline, Nev.), circa mid 1960s

Date
1963 to 1967
Description

Side entrance of Harrah's Tahoe.
Site Name: Harrah's Tahoe
Address: 15 Highway 50

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Photograph of the Silver Slipper (Las Vegas), circa 1969

Date
1967 to 1970
Description

Front of the Silver Slipper looking southwest from Las Vegas Boulevard. Stamp on accompanying cardstock: "Allen Photographers Inc."
Site Name: Silver Slipper
Address: 3100 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Googie architecture, Ship's Coffee Shop (Westwood, Calif.), circa 1963

Date
1961 to 1965
Description

Martin Stern Jr. is credited as a pioneer of Googie style architecture; his first of that style was Ship's Coffee Shop. Three Ship's Coffee Shops operated in the Los Angeles area from 1956 until the 1990s.
Site Name: Ship's Coffee Shop

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Painting of Vegas Vic by Pat Denner, 1951

Date
1951
Description

Color watercolor or gouache painting of Vegas Vic for the Pioneer Club in Las Vegas, showing how the metal should be painted. The picture is signed 'Denner' by YESCO designer Pat Denner.
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of the front exterior of the Hotel Nevada (Las Vegas), circa 1910

Date
1908 to 1912
Description

Hotel Nevada after the addition of a balcony. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "by Florence Lee Jones ... March, 1969. Early Las Vegas History. The Hotel Nevada, at the Southeast corner of Main and Fremont Streets, is the oldest continuous hotel business in Las Vegas, although it has been known as Sal Sagev (Las Vegas spelled backward) since 1928. The hostelry started as a tent in 1905, but the late John Miller soon erected a permanent building, shown above, which provided the most luxurious accommodations and the best food in Las Vegas for many years. In the 1930's the Sal Sagev Hotel had one of the three elevators in town. A private dining room was a popular place for private parties for the elite of the town. The hotel is now owned and operated by Miller's son, Abe Miller, and his daughter, Mrs. Sherman E. Nugent. The Golden Gate Club now occupies much of the first floor of the building. On the North side of the building is a sign "Bank of Southern Nevada", which was the second bank established in Las Vegas. (The other was the First State Bank.) Started by John F. Miller, Ed Von Tobel, Sr., Will Beckley, Attorney Frank Stevens, and Hal D. Buzick, the Bank of Southern Nevada was an important factor in Southern Nevada's economy. During the 1930's and the Depression, the federal government issued restrictive orders on bank operations. The reaction of the independent Las Vegans was 'No guy in Washington is going to tell us how to run our bank.' ... So they paid off all the depositors and closed the bank. The Rhoads & Rhoads General Machine Works (extreme right) was one of the first automobile agencies in town - the start of Community Chevrolet."
Site Name: Hotel Nevada
Address: 1 Fremont Street

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Aerial photograph of the The Strip looking north from the Dunes Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1968

Date
1967 to 1969
Description

Aerial view of the Las Vegas Strip looking north including views of the Dunes, Caesars Palace, The Flamingo, Sands, Frontier, Riviera, Stardust, and Sahara. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada, Convention Center. 15651 Don English, Jerry Abbott, Joe Buck, Milt Palmer, John Cook, Terry Todd, Bob Hooper, Wolf Wergin."
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of Highway 91 (Las Vegas), circa early 1950s

Date
1948 to 1955
Description

View of Highway 91 showing the Thunderbird Hotel sign, El Rancho Vegas and gas stations. Sticker on back: "Please credit Las Vegas News Bureau, 4405."
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

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Photograph of the Desert Inn exterior (Las Vegas), circa late 1970s

Date
1976 to 1979
Description

The Desert Inn Hotel and Country Club from Las Vegas Boulevard.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Desert Inn at night (Las Vegas), 1969

Date
1969
Description

Front of the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino and tower at night.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Film transparency of a Texaco service station at dusk at the Hotel Last Frontier (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

View at dusk of a Texaco gas station at the Hotel Last Frontier.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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