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Film transparency of the "Wonders of the Space Age" float in the Helldorado Parade, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1957

Date
1957-05
Description
Two women ride the "Wonders of the Space Age" float in the Helldorado Parade, May 1957. They are passing the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One." The Fremont Casino is visible in the background.

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Film transparency of a woman riding a horse in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1957

Date
1957-05
Description
A woman riding a horse decked out in parade finery in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street. She is in front of The Mint, located at 100 Fremont Street. The Mint opened in 1957, and a 26-story hotel tower was added in 1965. In 1988, The Mint was sold and became part of Binion's Horseshoe. The Mint was the sponsor of the Mint 400, the largest off road race from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.

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Film transparency of a woman riding a horse in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958

Date
1958-05
Description
A woman riding a horse decked out in parade finery in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street. She is in front of The Mint, located at 100 Fremont Street. The Mint opened in 1957, and a 26-story hotel tower was added in 1965. In 1988, The Mint was sold and became part of Binion's Horseshoe. The Mint was the sponsor of the Mint 400, the largest off road race from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.

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Film transparency of women's precision marching team entry in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958

Date
1958-05
Description
A women's precision marching team entry in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street. They are in front of the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One." They have just passed Joe W. Brown's Horseshoe Club (in operation from 1935-1958), located 128 Fremont Street at the corner of Fremont Street and 2nd Street. The Hotel Apache and Fremont Casino are visible in the background.

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Film transparency of the Hotel Sahara float entry in the Helldorado Parade on Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada, May, 1958

Date
1958-05
Description
The Hotel Sahara float entry in the Helldorado Parade, May 1958. The float is titled "Hotel Sahara Toasts Wondrous Women." Smaller sections of the float are names "Birth of Venus" featuring a woman seated in a large clam shell that is being pulled by a large seahorse. The main portion of the float features three women seated beneath a large champagne glass, and a fourth woman seated on a large throne made of flowers. A side section of the float is titled "Joan of Arc," but the woman is obscured behind the horse sculpture she is riding. They are in front of the Boulder Club, located at 118 Fremont Street. The Boulder Club was in operation from 1931-1960. A sign on the Boulder Club reads ""Farmer" Page - Enjoy the Old West - Jackpots, Craps, Bar, Keno, Roulette, Twenty-One." They have just passed Joe W. Brown's Horseshoe Club (in operation from 1935-1958), located 128 Fremont Street at the corner of Fremont Street and 2nd Street. The Hotel Apache and the Fremont Casino are visible in the background.

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Film transparency of Echo Bay, Lake Mead, Nevada, 1961

Date
1961
Description
An unidentified woman sits and takes in the view at Echo Bay at Lake Mead, 1961.

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Photograph of Fremont Street, Las Vegas, circa late 1940s

Date
1945 to 1949
Description
Black and white photograph of parade of some sort between 7th and 8th street of Fremont Street in late 1940s, possibly Helldorado Parade.

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Photograph of Frontier Village at Last Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1940s-1950s

Date
1940 to 1959
Description
Black and white image of Frontier Village at Last Frontier Hotel.

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Photograph of woman in parking lot of Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1954

Date
1954
Description
Woman stands in the grass next to parked cars at the Sahara Hotel. The hotel's marquee sign is visible just behind her. The woman is unidentified but wears a dress with pockets and heels. Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Postcard of woman at roulette wheel in Nevada Club, Las Vegas (Nev.), November 25, 1961

Date
1961-11-25
Description
Nevada Club of Las Vegas postcard, dated Nov. 25, 1961. Woman in furs stands next to slot machines in front of roulette wheel. See Image 0151 0003, pho025028 for another postcard of the same woman. Site Name: Nevada Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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