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Photograph of worker with Vegas Vic's head in the YESCO shop (Salt Lake City), 1951

Date
1951
Description

A worker is shown with the head of Vegas Vic (for the Pioneer Club in Las Vegas), prior to having neon tubing installed, in the YESCO shop in Salt Lake City.
Site Name: Young Electric Sign Company
Address: 1148 South 300 West

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Photograph of the front exterior and parking lot of the Stardust Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), circa 1961

Date
1961
Description

Daytime view of the front exterior of the Stardust Hotel and Casino, showing the neon sign advertising the 1961 edition of Lido de Paris.
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Address: 3000 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the exterior corner of the Eldorado Club, (Las Vegas), late 1940s

Date
1947 to 1951
Description

The Eldorado Club on the northwest corner of Fremont and 2nd Streets in downtown Las Vegas. Signs for the Hotel Apache, Boulder Club and Club Savoy (partially hidden) are also seen.
Site Name: Eldorado Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street

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Film transparency of the nighttime view of the exterior of the Lucky Strike Club (Las Vegas), between 1954-1963

Date
1952 to 1963
Description

nighttime view of the neon signs, sculptures and marquee over the entrace to the Lucky Strike Club.
Site Name: Lucky Strike Club
Address: 177 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of the front exterior of the Hotel Last Frontier, circa 1950

Date
1950 to 1951
Description

A view from The Las Vegas Strip of the Hotel Last Frontier sign and front entrance in 1950 or 1951.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the exterior of the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), circa 1955-1964

Date
1955 to 1964
Description

Exterior of the Golden Gate Casino. Vertical sign for the Hotel Sal Sagev is still on the corner. The business began as Hotel Nevada, built circa 1907, which changed to Sal Sagev from 1931-1955.
Site Name: Hotel Nevada
Address: 1 Fremont Street

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Film transparency of the front exterior of the Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Daytime view of the front exterior of the Thunderbird Hotel, showing the neon signs.
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Film transparency of Googie style façade of the Flamingo Hotel at dusk (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

View of the front exterior of the Flamingo Hotel at dusk, with the neon sign lit.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Film transparency of Fremont Street seen from east of Second Street (Las Vegas), circa 1958

Date
1956 to 1960
Description

View of Fremont Street looking northwest from outside of the Hotel Fremont. Signs for the Golden Nugget, Lucky Strike Club, Hotel Apache, the Mint, the Las Vegas Club, and Vegas Vic outside of the Pioneer Club are visible. Bentley's Western Trading Post, White Cross Drugs and Rexall Drugs signs are also visible.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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Film transparency of the front exterior of the Riviera Hotel (Las Vegas), circa late 1950s

Date
1955
Description

Daytime view of the front exterior of the Riviera Hotel. Liberace headlines on the sign.
Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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