This part of the collection documents the entire 19 mile length of the north/south Eastern Avenue/Civic Center Drive alignment. These photographs were captured in the section of Eastern Avenue between Desert Inn and Flamingo Roads.
Archival Collection
UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada
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Collection Number: PH-00394 Collection Name: UNLV University Libraries Photographs of the Development of the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada Box/Folder: N/A
Looking east across Las Vegas Boulevard at the Flamingo Hotel from the Caesars Palace construction site. The Flamingo's sign and "champagne tower" are seen.
From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). From left to right is John Cronan, David London, unidentified, Marie Ripps (Clark County Mother of the Year), unidentified, Oran Gragson, and Fedora Bontempi at the Flamingo Hotel, in 1971.
Beverly Hilton/Flamingo reception. Standing from left to right is Dap Nelson, and unidentified individual, Abe Schiller, Stewart Hathaway, and Mr. & Mrs. George Davis. Stamped on back of photograph, "Photo by Irving L. Antler, Ambassador Hotel P. O. Box 97 Los Angeles 5, Calif. Dunkirk 2-9191".