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Slides of Downtown Las Vegas views with the Neonopolis construction, Fremont Street Experience, and Strip views of the Aladdin Hotel and Casino, the Venetian Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Paris Las Vegas, and Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) signs, 1986-1992

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Frank Reynolds Professional Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00926
Collection Name: Frank Reynolds Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 02 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

Young Electric Sign Company

No description.

Corporate Body

Photograph of the front exterior of the Mint Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1957

Date

1956 to 1957

Description

The Mint on Fremont Street before its expansion in 1958.
Site Name: Mint Las Vegas
Address: 128 East Fremont Street

Image

Henry Schutte oral history interview

Identifier

OH-01648

Abstract

Oral history interview with Henry Schutte conducted by an unknown collector on an unknown date in approximately the 1980s for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Schutte discusses working on trains since childhood and explains the type of maintenance he performed. Schutte then describes his career at the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO).

Archival Collection

Reno Arch, Reno, Nevada: photographic print

Description

View of the Reno Arch during the day.

345 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89501

City of Reno

Image

Young Electric Sign Company

Corporate Body Alternate Name

YESCO

No description.

Corporate Body

Michael Young and Jeffrey Young oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03247

Abstract

Oral history interview with Michael Young and Jeffrey Young conducted by Stefani Evans on October 05, 2017 for the Building Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Michael and Jeffrey discuss their upbringing in Salt Lake City, Utah. They talk about their family business, Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO), and the various jobs they held at the company. Michael and Jeffrey describe the first signs YESCO completed for early downtown Las Vegas, Nevada properties, and the company’s growth during that time. Later, Michael and Jeffrey talk about the significance that YESCO has in Las Vegas, and becoming stewards of the company. Lastly, Michael and Jeffrey discuss the ownership model that YESCO has established.

Archival Collection

Photograph of an artist's rendering of the Dunes Hotel sign (Las Vegas), circa 1955

Date

1953 to 1955

Archival Collection

Description

Artist's concept of the Dunes Hotel sign. Stamped on original: "Frank and Virginia Ball Studio - 222 South 2nd Street - Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Dunes Hotel
Address: 3650 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV

Image

Harold Bradford oral history interviews

Identifier

OH-03178

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Harold Bradford conducted by Claytee D. White, Camille Morris, Anna Frederick, and Remy Chwae on April 24, 2017 and June 10, 2017 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In the first interview, Bradford discusses his early life in New Orleans, Louisiana. He recalls going through a segregated school system, and his experience with integration. Bradford remembers moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1985, his employment for the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO), and becoming an art director for YESCO. In the second interview, Bradford discusses his initial interest in neon signs, and his work ethic as a visual artist.

Archival Collection

Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00225

Abstract

The Neon in Nevada Photograph Collection contains black-and-white and color photographic slides of neon signs from cities and towns in Nevada dating from 1913 to 1989. The collection includes slides from Las Vegas, Reno, Boulder City, Laughlin, Henderson, Lovelock, Winnemucca, Elko, Wells, McGill, Ely, Eureka, Austin, Hawthorne, and Carson City. The collection also includes slides from the Young Electric Sign Company (YESCO) that depict the "sign graveyard" in Las Vegas, Nevada of broken and retired neon signs.

Archival Collection