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Photograph of the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), 1942

Date

1942

Archival Collection

Description

Night view of the Boulder Club façade in 1942
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street

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Postcard showing the Hotel Last Frontier (Las Vegas), 1942-1955

Date

1942 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

View of the Hotel Last Frontier property. Transcribed from front of postcard: "Hotel Last Frontier: The early West in modern splendor at Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

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Postcard showing the Hotel Last Frontier property (Las Vegas), 1942-1955

Date

1942 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

View of the Hotel Last Frontier property with a dirt road in the foreground. Transcribed from front of postcard: "Hotel Last Frontier: The early West in modern splendor at Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

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Photograph of Las Vegas Club and Overland Hotel (Las Vegas) at night, after 1949

Date

1949 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street

Image

Photograph of the Westerner Gambling House (Las Vegas), circa 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

Color Photograph of the facade of the Westerner Gambling House.
Site Name: Westerner
Address: 23 Fremont Street

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Photograph of the front exterior of the original Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas), 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Las Vegas Club in its original location on the south side of Fremont Street next to the Pioneer Club. The Las Vegas Club was the first casino with a neon sign. This photo shows the doors that replaced the original open front.
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of the front exterior of the Pioneer Club at night (Las Vegas), circa 1947

Date

1945 to 1949

Archival Collection

Description

The exterior corner of the Pioneer Club and Las Vegas Club on Fremont street at night.
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of YESCO workers installing Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), 1951

Date

1951

Archival Collection

Description

Workers installing the now-famous Vegas Vic sign on the front of the Pioneer Club. Stamped on back of photo: "Photo by Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "First Highrise Hotel -- Center of action downtown throughtout the '30s was the Apache Hotel which boasted an elevator and a nitery downstairs. The corner is now Binion's Horseshoe, but the spot has undergone many name changes from Tony Cornero's 'S.S. Rex' to the Eldorado where the mobs were fighting for control of the race wire. Bugsy Siegel's influence was first felt here in the early '40s."
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of the pool at the Desert Inn at night (Las Vegas), after 1950

Date

1950 to 1964

Archival Collection

Description

Nightime view of the pool area of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the hotel lobby of the Desert Inn (Las Vegas), after 1950

Date

1950 to 1964

Archival Collection

Description

Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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