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Photograph of the front exterior of the Las Vegas Club, 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 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 a Las Vegas gambling scene, 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Gambling in an early Las Vegas casino, probably the Frontier Club. Compare the bare interior with modern casino interiors.
Site Name: Fremont Hotel and Casino
Address: 200 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of the casino interior of the Las Vegas Club, 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Crowded interior view of the Las Vegas Club at its original location. Transcribed from original: "The Las Vegas Club has all standard games, and last year put the first turtle derby, at pari mutuel [sic] betting ever staged in Nevada."
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of the casino interior of the Frontier Club, 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Busy interior of the Frontier Club
Site Name: Frontier Club
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

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Photograph of the casino interior of the Boulder Club (Las Vegas), circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

Crowded interior view of the Boulder Club on Fremont Street. Transcribed from original: "The busy Boulder Club, at Las Vegas, Nev., has been in operation since 1929 under the original ownership. Even Faro is played here, and the club provides both bingo and a race book to take care of all tastes in gaming."
Site Name: Boulder Club
Address: 118 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of Frontier Hotel suite (Las Vegas), 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Description

View of a suite at the Frontier Hotel. Handwritten text on photo sleeve: "Suite, Frontier Hotel. Woman possibly is Doris Day." Stamp on back of photo: "Allen photographers."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Claudine Williams in front of a model of Harrah's Las Vegas, 1992-1997

Date

1992 to 1997

Description

Claudine Williams in front of a model of the newly formed Harrah's Las Vegas. This model shows the expansion and planned renovation of the hotel and casino completed in 1997.
Site Name: Holiday Casino
Address: 3475 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the bowling alley at the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), 1987

Date

1987

Description

Men and women bowling inside of the Showboat Hotel and Casino's (Atlantic City) bowling alley.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

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Photograph of a hallway in the Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City), 1987

Date

1987

Description

Hallway in the Showboat Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City showing some construction materials.
Site Name: Showboat Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)
Address: 801 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ

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