The Roulette Motel sign sits at 2019 Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Sheet. Site address: 2019 Fremont St Sign owner: Proview Series 77 LLC Sign details: A .63 acre lot that was constructed in 1955. Sign condition: 3 - the roadway sign's neon is broken in various places, reader board uses banners instead of cut out letters, sun damaged paint (faded), unknown if still lit. Sign form: back to back pole/monument sign Sign-specific description: Double sided sign with graphic of a Roulette table which may have been animated (little cut out holes can be seen on the board). Skeletal neon around word "Roulette" and "Motel" and "No Vacancy" with decorative braid style design around the arch of the sign. Banner used for reader board instead of original cut out letters, possibly internally lit. Sign - type of display: Neon Sign - media: Steel and Plastic Sign animation: Possible flicker animation on roulette table at one time Sign environment: Motel is by other motels and a residential area Sign - date of installation: Possibly 1960s, not the original sign Sign - date of redesign/move: Sign has been repainted recently, but exact date unknown Sign - thematic influences: Casino themed, seemed to be popular trend in the 50s-60s on Fremont. Survey - research locations: Motel website, www.roadarch.com, Survey - research notes: Owner owns multiple properties on Fremont Street Surveyor: Danny Jacobs Survey - date completed: 2017-08-13 Sign keywords: Neon; Steel; Plastic; Pole sign; Flickering; Back to back
The C. A. Earle Rinker Papers (1880-1960) contain materials that document the history of early twentieth century Goldfield, located in central Nevada, as well as the life of Rinker. Materials in the collection include correspondence, mining prospectuses, maps, ledgers, souvenirs, photographic negatives, and ephemera that document mining and daily life. Also included is biographical material that tells the story of Earle Rinker and his family before 1906 and after 1909, documenting his life in Indiana and Illinois.