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Views of Boulder City, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1930 (year approximate) to 1939 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Franklin M. Murphy Photograph Collection

Description

Images of the Hoover Dam area looking north east. Black Canyon, Fortification Hill, and the Colorado River can be seen as well.

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Photograph of Carver's Station, Smoky Valley, (Nev.), 1952

Date

1952

Archival Collection

Central Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description

Carver's Station, Smoky Valley, Nevada, Main Street. (1906) There was an inscription on the image. "#51. Carver's Station, Smoky Valley, Nevada, 1952. The cafe and bar were opened in April, 1948 by Jean and Gerald Carver on Nevada route 8-A which had just been competed between Round Mountain and US 50 to the north. For many years, Carver's was an isolated stop on a lonely highway. Today, thanks to the nearby Round Mountain Gold mine, it has become a small community with a motel, bars, service stations, a small shopping center, trailer parks, church and other services."

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The Sahara Hotel and Casino, don the Beachcomber Restaurant, and the marquee: photographic film

Date

1960 (year approximate) to 1986 (year approximate)

Archival Collection

Ruthe Scott Photographs of Las Vegas, Nevada Hotels and Casinos

Description

An external view of the Sahara Hotel and Casino, don the Beachcomber Restaurant, and the marquee. The marquee advertises "Congo Room" "Stan Irvin Presents Jane Powell Dave Barry Maury Wills and singers" "B. [Buddy] Hackett & B [Buddy] Grecko" "Ceasar Theatre Music made famous by Glenn Miller" "Tex Beneke" "Ray Eberle" "The Modernaires with Paula Kelly" "Freddie Bell" and "Roberta Lynn". Taxi cabs are lined up waiting for fares. The Sahara Hotel and Casino (currently the SLS Hotel & Casino Las Vegas) was in operation for 59 years from 1952 to 2011. The hotel had 1,720 guestrooms and suites with a casino covering more than 85,000 square feet (7,900 m2). The first casino built on the site was Club Bingo, which opened in 1947. Owner Milton Prell replaced the casino with a new casino hotel in 1952 called the Sahara Hotel. Located just outside the City of Las Vegas, it was the sixth resort to open on the Strip. In 1961, the hotel was purchased by Del Webb. In 1962, a Don the Beachcomber restaurant opened in the hotel. The 24-story Alexandria Tower was added in 1963, which made the hotel the tallest building in Las Vegas. By 1978, the 27-story Tangiers Tower was added to the property. In 1999, further renovations added a roller coaster and a restaurant. The roller coaster, named "Speed - The Ride", shot riders from the hotel outside along the Las Vegas Strip, where it looped through the grandiose Sahara sign in front of the hotel, went straight up a tower, stopped and then took a return trip backwards. The Sahara shut down on May 16, 2011. The "Speed - The Ride", which was located in front of the casino, was sold and removed. It will be relocated across the Mandalay Bay in the new Akita Plaza. On February 14, 2013, Nazarian announced the groundbreaking for the $415 million conversion of the hotel into the SLS Las Vegas. The hotel opened on August 23, 2014. It contains 1,600 rooms, a casino, four nightclubs, the clothing store Fred Segal and various restaurants. The name "SLS" was chosen by Nazarian to denote style, luxury and service. The property is located at 2535 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109.

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