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Carnation Ice Cream roof mounted signs, Reno, Nevada

Date
2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)
Description

View of roof mounted signs for Carnation Ice Cream during the day with unlit neon.


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Photographs of Fiesta sign at dusk, Las Vegas (Nev.), April 2, 2017

Date
2017-04-02
2017-09-06
Description
The Fiesta Rancho Hotel and Casino sits at 2400 North Rancho Drive. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site address: 2400 N Rancho Dr
Sign owner: Stations Casinos Inc.
Sign details: This location was constructed in 1995 as the Fiesta, but in 2001 Stations Casino bought out the casino and renamed it Fiesta Rancho. Stations Casinos Inc. that own this casino have a chain of 9 resort casinos and a number of smaller casinos in the Las Vegas Valley that are popular along the local community here in Las Vegas. The Fiesta Rancho has a sister property named Fiesta Henderson which also has an ice rink as well as identical sign designs.
Sign condition: 4 - the lights still shine very brightly on this one but the colors on the sign have faded over the years and look more like pastel colors when they used to be very vibrant
Sign form: Marquee and Entrance Sign
Sign-specific description: The marquee on Rancho Dr. has concrete bases with a big plasma screen tv with a reader board underneath it. Above the T.V. screen they have a huge design with a purple background, but around this is yellow, orange, blue, green and pink streamers. These all illuminate the same color as the paint at night time. In the middle of the streamer design is channeled letters "Fiesta" in a curvy print font, and then the words "Casino Hotel" underneath it in a normal block type font. The letters illuminate white at night time. Above their main entrance to the casino they have big channeled letters stating " Fiesta" in the same font to their other signs that contain incandescent bulbs that flash at night. Underneath the incandescent "Fiesta" there are red channeled Neon signs stating "Race Sports Keno Bingo" that illuminate red.
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescents
Sign - media: Steel
Sign - non-neon treatments: Reader Board and Plasma Screen
Sign animation: Flasher for incandescent bulbs
Sign environment: This property is on North Rancho about a mile north of the 95 highway. It is located right next door to Texas Station, and is near a residential area.
Sign manufacturer: Possibly YESCO
Sign - date of installation: c. 2001
Sign - thematic influences: The theme of the casino matches the sign with the fun party colors and ribbon streamers that they depict on their sign looks like a fiesta.
Sign - artistic significance: This sign is practically identical to the signage for Fiesta Henderson, for they based their sign off of this Fiesta Rancho sign design.
Survey - research locations: Assessor's website, company website
Survey - research notes: Fiesta Rancho website https://fiestarancho.sclv.com/, Stations Casino page https://www.sclv.com/
Survey - other remarks: https://www.sclv.com/Casinos/PropertyMap Stations Casino website has an interactive map of their locations
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-06
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Steel; Flashing; Reader board; Marquee; Video screen; Pylon

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Slide of a neon sign for a fortune teller, Reno, Nevada, 1986

Date
1986
Description
A color image of the neon sign for a fortune teller, located on South Virginia Street in Reno. The sign depicts a hand next to the words: "Fortune Teller; Past Present Future."

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Slide of a neon racehorse sign, Las Vegas, circa 1980s

Date
1980 to 1989
Description
A color image of a neon sign in the shape of a racehouse and jockey.

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Las Vegas Club flag mounted wall sign, lettering, and wall signs, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)
Description

Exterior view of the Las Vegas Club in Las Vegas, NV during the day.

18 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101


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Four Queens flag mounted wall sign, lettering, and roof mounted signs, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1986
Description

Exterior view of the Four Queens Hotel and Casino at night.

201 Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV 89101


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Photograph of Victory Motel sign, Nevada, circa 1970s

Date
1970 to 1979
Description
Victory Motel sign that reads: "TV, Kitchens, Garages, Air" above a vacancy sign.

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Postcard of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada sign, 1960s

Date
1960 to 1969
Description
The "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada" sign, seen from the center of Las Vegas Blvd., looking north. Caption: "Arrived safely really! Seeing the 'town'." On back: "P48100." Street Address: Las Vegas Boulevard

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Slide of neon signs for Nevada Club, Ely, Nevada, 1986

Date
1986
Description
A color image of the neon signs for the Nevada Club in Ely, lit up at night.

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Slide of the Merry Wink Motel sign, Reno, Nevada, 1986

Date
1986
Description
A color image of the neon sign for the Merry Wink Motel, located on South Virginia Street in Reno. The sign depicts a the head of a winking man in a top hat. Site Name: Merry Wink Motel (Reno, Nev.)

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