Walter Bracken stands inside the Las Vegas Post Office, which had been moved to the interior of the First State Bank on Fremont Street in 1907. Bracken served as Las Vegas' postmaster from 1904-1914. Pigeon holes containing sorted mail surround the room. Desks, stools and office equipment, including a postage scale, are seen. Calendars hang from the wall and electric lights hang from the ceiling. Caption: Post Office, Las Vegas, 1908 Site Name: United States Post Office and Court House
From the Elizabeth Harrington Photograph Collection (PH-00291). Inscription with image reads: "Early Helldorado Parade down Fremont Street. Theme of float 'Old Woman in a Shoe'. Small girl sitting near the far left with bow in her hair is Janice Harrington, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. John Harrington. Others not identified." - E(lizabeth) Harrington (Photo by Western Studio, Las Vegas, Nev.) "Western Studio 227 South Fifth Te 825 Las Vegas, Nevada Original owener and photographer Ray E. Vincent" stamp on verso.
The Towne and Country Motel sign sits at 2033 Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Sheet. Site address: 2033 Fremont St Sign owner: Huang Hsiu Ping Sign details: Sold in 2009 for $1 millon. It a .66 acre lot with an original construction year of 1958, with additions in 2000 and 2007. Sign condition: 2 - O Panel knocked out, broken lexan covering the Pool wording of neon, heavy discoloration of the letter T and the E is almost completely worn off. Sun damage in the paint, otherwise looks functional. Sign form: Back to Back Pole Sign Sign-specific description: Pole sign that is double sided, Motel reading on either side with flag like components hanging off the support pole, each letter with its own component. A giant red check-mark shaped arrow in the center of the sign grabs the visitor's attention with its bright vibrant red color and its neon tubing filling it its shape, used as a directional tool into the parking lot. Underneath the arrow is a tiny reader board with cutout letters listing the amenities available in each of the rooms. Underneath the reader board is a little component that spells Pool with neon outlining the letters. The color scheme ranges from pale baby blue for the framework of the letters and reader board, and the bright red of the arrow. Sign - type of display: Neon, internally lit "Motel" letters, and reader board Sign - media: Steel and Plastic Sign environment: Surrounded by other motels and hotels, and near a residential area Survey - research locations: Motel website, and conversation with owner Survey - research notes: Owners seemed aggravated by survey Survey - other remarks: Open from 8 am to 4 pm, they close on Mondays entirely Surveyor: Danny Jacobs Survey - date completed: 2017-08-12 Sign keywords: Neon; Steel; Plastic; Reader board; Pole sign; Back to back; Internally illuminated
The long bar on the west side of the Boulder Club, later part of Binion's Horseshoe. Behind the bar is Ben Turner, bar manager, and bartender Chet Blue. Transcribed from original: "About August, 1953, The long bar on the west side of the old Boulder Club on Fremont St. now a part of the Horseshoe." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Behind the bar, left to right: Ben Turner, bar manager; unidentified bartender; bartender, Chet Blue." Site Name: Boulder Club Address: 118 East Fremont Street
Bar area of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. Printed text on back of postcard: "The million dollar Golden Nugget Gambling Hall, Saloon and Restaurant, Las Vegas, Nevada, 'where fortune smiles,' See the old-style West in our modern world. A place of mahogany bars, crystal chandeliers, with the genuine hospitality and old-time gaity of the Barbary Coast and the Virginia City of fifty years ago. 'Plastichrome' by Colourpicture, Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A" Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas Address: 129 East Fremont Street