Glass slides of Las Vegas hotels and aerial views of Clark County (Nev.), 1950s-1960s (tray 1 of 3)

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Black and white view of Downtown Las Vegas. The Golden Nugget, Eldorado Club, Hotel Apache, Boulder Club, and Pioneer Club are visible.
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Color view of Downtown Las Vegas at night. The Golden Nugget, Lucky, Binion's Horsehoe, The Mint, and the Las Vegas Club are visible.
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Color view of The Mint at night. Neon signs for Binion's Horseho and the Fremont Hotel are visible in the background.
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Color view of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall at night. A neon sign for the Lucky Strike Club is visible in the background.
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Color view of Binion's Horsehoe at night. A neon sign for The Mint is visible in the background.
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Color view of the New Pioneer Club at night, featuring a neon sculpture of "Vegas Vic."
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Black and white aerial view of Las Vegas.
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Color aerial view of the Fremont Hotel.
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Color aerial view of the Fremont Hotel under construction. Lucky, The Mint, and Las Vegas Club are also visible.
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Color aerial view of the Fremont Hotel under construction. Lucky, The Mint, and Las Vegas Club are also visible.
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Black and white view of the Fremont Hotel under construction.
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Black and white view of the Fremont Hotel under construction.
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Color aerial view of the Fremont Hotel under construction. Lucky and The Mint are also visible.
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Color aerial view of the Fremont Hotel under construction. The Mint is visible in the background.
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Black and white drawing of the Fremont Hotel.
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Black and white drawing of the Fremont Hotel.
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Color plate "Downtown 1955, 1964, 1965"
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Color aerial view of Downtown Las Vegas. Binion's Horseshoe is under construction. The Mint, Lucky, and the Fremont Hotel are also visible.

Information

Date

1950 to 1969

Description

Slides collected by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 depict Las Vegas and Clark County during the 1950s and the 1960s. Individual photographs show the Strip, downtown Las Vegas, Boulder City, Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam, and individual hotels (including the Flamingo, Tropicana, El Rancho, Dunes, Sahara, Desert Inn, Stardust, Landmark, Thunderbird, Sands, Tallyho, Riviera, Golden Nugget, Mint, Binion's Horsehoe, Pioneer Club, Fremont, and Four Queens). Aerial shots and photographs of buildings under construction, marquees, and interiors are included. There are also photos of showgirls and the Las Vegas Convention Center. Tray 1 of 3. The original slides were retained by the Union.Arrangement note: Series V. Glass slides

Digital ID

cwu0001

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1k35mq79

Details

Subject

Time Period

1950s (1950 - 1959)

1960s (1960 - 1969)

Place

Clark County

Resource Type

Image

Material Type

photographs

slides (photographs)

aerial photographs

Archival Collection

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs

Digital Project

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Photographs

More Info

Citation

cwu0001. Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs, approximately 1950-2006. PH-00382. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1k35mq79

Rights

The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 retains copyrights to materials in this collection. Materials may be used for nonprofit purposes, including educational, teaching, scholarship, research, or other academic use. All for-profit use of copyrighted materials must receive permission in advance from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Rights Holder

Culinary Workers Union Local 226

Standardized Rights Statement

In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Date Digitized

2014-10-01

2014-10-02

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff

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