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Aerial photograph of downtown Las Vegas, after 1956

Date
1956 to open end
Description

Aerial view of downtown Las Vegas and the valley looking towards Frenchman Mountain.

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Aerial photograph of downtown Las Vegas, circa 1970

Date
1970 (year approximate)
Description

Aerial view of downtown Las Vegas, looking northwest. The Union Plaza can be seen in lower left hand corner.

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Aerial photograph of Las Vegas, looking east down Fremont Street, circa late 1940s

Date
1945 (year approximate)
Description

Aerial view of Las Vegas, looking east down Fremont Street. Jackie Gaughan's Plaza was originally named Union Plaza and is currently called the Plaza Hotel and Casino.

Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from back of photo: "Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas as it appeared in the late 1940s. In the foreground stands the Union Pacific Depot where Jackie Gaughan's Plaza stands today."

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Film transparency of Las Vegas Strip, 1962

Date
1962
Description

Bird's-eye view of the Las Vegas Strip, looking north, 1962. The Sands Hotel is in the foreground, and the Landmark tower can be seen in the distance.
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas Boulevard, 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 Fremont Street looking west (Las Vegas), circa 1942

Date
1940 to 1944
Description

Looking west down Fremont Street in 1942. Signature on back of photo: "S Vinci for '91."
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of Fremont Street looking west (Las Vegas), 1991

Date
1991
Description

Looking West Down Fremont Street in 1991. Signature on back of photo: "S Vinci for '91."
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of Fremont Street looking east (Las Vegas), 1991

Date
1991
Description

Looking east down Fremont Street in 1991. Signature on back of photo: "S Vinci for '91."
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV

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Aerial photograph of Harrah's Stateline Club and Harrah's Tahoe (Stateline, Nev.), circa 1958

Date
1957 to 1959
Description

Aerial view of Harrah's Tahoe (under construction on the left side of Highway 50) and Harrah's Stateline Club and Harvey's Tahoe (right side of Highway 50) from the north. At this time, Harrah's Tahoe was Harrah's Stateline Country Club.
Site Name: Harrah's Tahoe
Address: 15 Highway 50

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Aerial photograph of Harrah's Stateline Country Club under construction, Stateline, Nev., 1958

Date
1958
Description

Aerial View of Harrah's Stateline Country Club under construction. Harrah's Stateline Country Club would later become Harrah's Tahoe.
Site Name: Harrah's Tahoe
Address: 15 Highway 50

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