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Photograph of Leo Carrillo in front of the Carrillo Room at the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), circa mid 1940s

Date
1942 to 1947
Description

Actor Leo Carrillo, who played Pancho in the popular 1950s TV series "The Cisco Kid" poses in his 1941 Cadillac with a woman outside of the Carrillo Room at the Last Frontier Village.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Googie architectural design of the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), façade, circa 1952

Date
1950 to 1954
Description

Architect's proposal for the façade and porte-cochère of the Sands Hotel.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Photograph of the MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), 1973-1980

Date
1973 to 1980
Description

The MGM Grand Hotel in the evening sometime before the 1980 fire with Frenchman Mountain in the background. The MGM Grand Hotel was burned in 1980, rebuilt in 1981, and sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of front face and entrance of the MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), circa late 1970s

Date
1975 to 1979
Description

View of the MGM Grand Hotel from the front parking lot. The MGM Grand Hotel was sold to Bally's Corporation to become Bally's Las Vegas in 1985.
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel
Address: 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of the front exterior of the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), 1945

Date
1945
Description

Daytime view of the front exterior of Boulder Club showing its marquee and neon sign. The center of the marquee shows an illustration of Hoover (then Boulder) Dam. Parts of the Club Savoy to the northwest and Apache Bar to the southeast are seen.
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street

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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 entrance and marquee of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn (Las Vegas), 1950s

Date
1950 to 1959
Description

Daytime view of the front exterior entrance to Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn. Frankie Laine headlines the sign on the lawn in front of the parking lot.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Film transparency of the Hotel Fremont and other casinos on Fremont Street (Las Vegas), circa 1957

Date
1957
Description

Daytime view of the Hotel Fremont. The Melodie Lane Restaurant is seen on the corner of East Fremont and Third Streets. Also seen are the marquee of the Fremont Theatre, and signs for the Mint, the Golden Nugget, the Boulder Club, the Las Vegas Club and Skaggs' Drug Center. The Union Pacific railway station can be seen at the far end of the street.
Site Name: Fremont Hotel and Casino
Address: 200 East Fremont Street

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Film transparency of the Googie style façade of the Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), early-mid 1960s

Date
1960 to 1965
Description

Daytime view of the front exterior of the Sahara as seen from Las Vegas Boulevard after the addition of the first hotel tower. Signs show Eleanor Powell headlining in the Congo Room and Don Rickles headlining in the Casbar Theatre.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

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Film transparency of the front exteriors of the Silver Palace and other casinos (Las Vegas), between 1956-1958

Date
1956 to 1958
Description

Daytime view of the north side of Fremont Street between Main and First Streets, showing the exteriors of the Overland Hotel, the Las Vegas Club, Buckley's Jackpot Club, the Golden Slot Club, the Dixie Delicatessen and the Silver Palace in the foreground on the northeast corner of Fremont and First.
Site Name: Silver Palace
Address: 32 East Fremont Street

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