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Photograph of Fremont Street looking west (Las Vegas), circa 1920
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Looking west down Fremont Street from about 2nd Street towards the depot in the 1920s.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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Postcard of the Meadows Country Club (Las Vegas), circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
This was the first resort/casino in Las Vegas. Transcribed from back of postcard: "A fashionable clubhouse located on the desert near Las Vegas, where gay throngs gather nightly to dine, dance and enjoy the romance and freedom of Nevada."
Site Name: Meadows Country Club
Address: Corner of Charleston Boulevard and Boulder Highway
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Photograph of the Arizona Club under construction (Las Vegas), 1905
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Arizona Club on Block 16 while it was under construction in 1905. Transcribed from back of photo: "Present Arizona Club on North First St. during construction. Built by Jim A. McIntosh in the summer of 1905."
Site Name: Arizona Club
Address: Block 16, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of a bingo game in the Frontier Club (Las Vegas), 1935-1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
People playing bingo in the Frontier Club. Stamp on back of photo: "Not for Reproduction, Positively no release, Vegas Studio & Camera Supply, Las Vegas, Nevada, Glenn A. Davis, Photographer."
Site Name: Frontier Club
Address: 117 East Fremont Street
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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 a craps game in the Apache Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Interior of the Apache Hotel showing a craps game in the foreground with a blackjack table and roulette table on one side of the room with the bar on the other.
Site Name: Apache Hotel
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of a Fremont Street casino interior (Las Vegas), circa 1930
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Interior of an early Fremont Street casino showing roulette and blackjack. Stamp on back of photo: "Vegas Studio, Las Vegas, Nevada"
Site Name: Fremont Hotel and Casino
Address: 200 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of the El Rancho Vegas (Las Vegas), after 1941
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the famous windmill sign at the El Rancho Vegas. Embossed on front of photo: "Glenn A. Davis, Photographer"
Site Name: El Rancho Vegas
Address: 2500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the swimming pool at Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn (Las Vegas), circa 1950's
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Staged photo of swimmers at the Desert Inn's swimming pool. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo."
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the front of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn (Las Vegas), 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The front of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn with a full parking lot. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo"'
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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