A buffet table at the Desert Inn's first anniversary party in Las Vegas, Nevada. The table is decorated with floral arrangements and ice sculptures, including an ice sculpture bust of Desert Inn owner Wilbur Clark. Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Wilbur Clark serves his wife Toni Clark a piece of cake at the Desert Inn's first anniversary party in Las Vegas, Nevada, while guests and hotel staff look on. The cake, seen behind them, is decorated with an icing portrait of Wilbur Clark and topped with a cactus decoration.

Wilbur and Toni Clark at the Desert Inn's first anniversary party in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hotel waitresses stand behind them.

L-R: Joe Bock (the Desert Inn's food and beverage purchasing agent), an unidentified Desert Inn showgirl, and Desert Inn owner Wilbur Clark at the Desert Inn's first anniversary party in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pancho Alliati, Head Maitre d' of the Painted Desert Showroom in the Desert Inn (right) shakes hands with an unidentified chef during the Desert Inn's first anniversary party in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Wilbur Clark (third from left), musician and songwriter Ted Mossman (seated at piano), an unidentified man and an unidentified woman at the Desert Inn's first anniversary party in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Waitresses and guests stand near a large cake at the Desert Inn's first anniversary party in Las Vegas, Nevada. The cake is decorated with an icing portrait of Desert Inn owner Wilbur Clark and topped with a cactus decoration.