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Architectural drawing, Xanadu Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), sketches, luxury suite A2, January 25, 1978
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Archival Collection
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Sketch of the proposed Xanadu Hotel and Casino luxury suite A-2 on the 19th and 20th floors. Printed on parchment. 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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Architectural drawing, Xanadu Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), sketches, luxury suite type B, January 25, 1978
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Archival Collection
Description
Sketch of the proposed Xanadu Hotel and Casino luxury suite B on the 19th and 20th floors. Original medium: pencil on tracing paper. 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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Architectural drawing, Xanadu Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), rough sketches, casino area, circa mid 1970s
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Archival Collection
Description
Preliminary sketch of the casino area for the proposed Xanadu Hotel and Casino. Original medium: pencil on tracing paper. Includes multiple layers of tissue paper taped over each other. 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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Color rendering of the Xanadu (Las Vegas), front view, circa 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
Conceptual rendering of the exterior of the Xanadu. Original material: parchment. The Xanadu was to be located where the Excalibur Hotel and Casino currently sits, but it was never built. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect.
Site Name: Xanadu Hotel and Casino
Address: 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Color rendering of the Xanadu (Las Vegas), casino and atrium, circa 1975
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Archival Collection
Description
Conceptual artwork showing the interior of the Xanadu. Original material: parchment. The Xanadu was to be located where the Excalibur Hotel and Casino currently sits, but it was never built. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect.
Site Name: Xanadu Hotel and Casino
Address: 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of men playing card games in a Fremont Street casino (Las Vegas), circa 1930
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Archival Collection
Description
Early casino interior showing men playing cards. Notice the ashtrays on the floor and the general cleanliness of the room. Stamp on back of photo: "Not for Reproduction, Positively no release, Vegas Studio & Camera Supply, Las Vegas, Nevada, Glenn A. Davis, Photographer"
Site Name: Fremont Hotel and Casino
Address: 200 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of parade on Fremont Street by the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), October 31, 1944
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Archival Collection
Description
View of parade on Fremont Street showing details of the Pioneer Club façade. Handwritten text on back of photo: "Tuesday Oct 31-1944, Democratic Parade, Driver Dan Potter, Ed [illegible], 2" seat Senator McCarran, Berkeley Bunker Congressman, Hap Hazard County Committee chairman, Art Philips, Elected back to [illegible]"
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of the Helldorado Days Parade on Fremont Street (Las Vegas), 1950s
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Archival Collection
Description
Helldorado Days Parade marching down Fremont Street, and past the neon signs that led to the street's nickname, "Glitter Gulch." Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg."
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of the Googie style front entrance of the Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
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Archival Collection
Description
Front entrance of the Thunderbird including the porte-cochère. Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg."
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a woman drawing in front of the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), mid-1950s
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Archival Collection
Description
View of the front of the Sands, including its sign and front parking area, in the mid-1950s. Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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