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Photograph of a rendering of the Sahara Hotel and Casino complex (Las Vegas), circa 1957
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's birds-eye view conception of the Sahara Hotel complex with the addition of the first tower. Black and white rendering by Siegfried Knop.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Aerial photograph of the original Sahara Hotel and Casino complex (Las Vegas), circa 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the Sahara Hotel and Casino complex in its original configuration.
Site Name: Sahara Hotel and Casino
Address: 2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a rendering of the Mint expansion (Las Vegas), May 1, 1964
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's conception of the Mint Hotel with the tower addition. Color rendering by Atkins.
Site Name: Mint Las Vegas
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of a rendering of the proposed Thunderbird Hotel tower (Las Vegas), early 1970s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's conception of the proposed tower for the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Rendered by Siegfried Knop.
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a rendering of the Nevada Club, (Laughlin, Nev.), before 1984
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Proposed Nevada Club in Laughlin, Nevada. It is now the Golden Nugget Laughlin.
Site Name: Nevada Club (Laughlin, Nev.)
Address: 2300 Casino Drive
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Photograph of a rendering of the proposed Circus Circus tower (Las Vegas), circa 1971
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's conception of the rejected proposal for the first Circus Circus tower. Color rendering by Siegfried Knop.
Site Name: Circus Circus Las Vegas
Address: 2880 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 a rendering of the Riviera Hotel Monte Carlo tower addition (Las Vegas), circa 1974
Date
Archival Collection
Description
An artist's conception of the proposed 17-story tower addition to the Riviera Hotel. Black and white rendering by Siegfried Knop.
Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of a rendering of the proposed Aladdin tower (Las Vegas), circa 1970
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's conception of the proposed tower remodel of the Aladdin. Color rendering by Siegfried Knop.
Site Name: Aladdin Hotel
Address: 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
Image
Photograph of Googie architecture, Ship's Coffee Shop (Westwood, Calif.), circa 1963
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Martin Stern Jr. is credited as a pioneer of Googie style architecture; his first of that style was Ship's Coffee Shop. Three Ship's Coffee Shops operated in the Los Angeles area from 1956 until the 1990s.
Site Name: Ship's Coffee Shop
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