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Photograph of the exterior of the International Hotel under construction (Las Vegas), 1968
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The International Hotel under construction with the Sahara visible in the background. The International Hotel was renamed the Las Vegas Hilton in 1971, and again renamed as LVH - Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in 2012.
Site Name: International Hotel
Address: 3000 Paradise Road
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Photograph of the Hollywood Park guest wing at the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Hollywood Park - one of five two-story buildings which housed guests at the Sands in the 1950s. The five buildings were all named after famous American racetracks.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of Circus Circus exterior shortly after opening (Las Vegas), 1968
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Circus Circus Casino shortly after opening. Paper residue left on photo. Stamped on original: "Please credit Las Vegas News Bureau"'
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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Photograph of a wing of the Sands Hotel being moved (Las Vegas), December 20, 1964
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A wing of the Sands being moved, presumably in preparation for building the tower. The following names were listed as photographers: Jerry Abbot, Joe Buck, Don English and David Lees.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a rendering of the Xanadu Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), circa 1975
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's color rendering of the proposed Xanadu Hotel and Casino. The Xanadu was to be located where the Excalibur Hotel and Casino currently sits, but it was never built.
Site Name: Xanadu Hotel and Casino
Address: 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of the Little Church of the West from the Last Frontier Village being moved (Las Vegas), 1954
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Little Church of the West being moved during renovations to the Last Frontier Village complex in 1954. The Last Frontier became the New Frontier after the renovations were complete.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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Postcard showing the Hotel Last Frontier property (Las Vegas), 1942-1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Hotel Last Frontier property with a dirt road in the foreground. Transcribed from front of postcard: "Hotel Last Frontier: The early West in modern splendor at Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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Photograph of men playing faro in a Fremont Street casino (Las Vegas), circa 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Men playing a game of faro in an early Fremont Street casino. Stamp on back of photo: "Vegas Studio & Camera Supply, 116 Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada"
Site Name: Fremont Hotel and Casino
Address: 200 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of worker with Vegas Vic's head in the YESCO shop (Salt Lake City), 1951
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A worker is shown with the head of Vegas Vic (for the Pioneer Club in Las Vegas), prior to having neon tubing installed, in the YESCO shop in Salt Lake City.
Site Name: Young Electric Sign Company
Address: 1148 South 300 West
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Photograph of unfinished portions of Vegas Vic's body sign (Salt Lake City), 1951
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Two men look at the unfinished body of Vegas Vic (for the Pioneer Club in Las Vegas) leaning against the outside of the YESCO shop in Salt Lake City.
Site Name: Young Electric Sign Company
Address: 1148 South 300 West
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