Skip to main content

Search the Special Collections and Archives Portal

Search Results

Display    Results Per Page
Displaying results 591 - 600 of 22905

Flamingo pedestrian bridge: digital photographs, 2009 November 22

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Bill Hughes Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00402
Collection Name: Bill Hughes Photographs
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

Archival Component

Photograph of woman at Fashion Show at Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, August 17, 1947

Date

1947-08-17

Archival Collection

Description

Black and white photograph of a woman, possibly a model, in dress at Fashion Show, Flamingo Hotel.

Image

No Vacancy mounted sign, Reno, Nevada

Date

2016 (year approximate) to 2020 (year approximate)

Description

A lit sign reading "No Vacancy" and "Office" for an unknown motel.

Image

Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1955 January 07

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00245
Collection Name: Anita Freeman Photograph Collection on Southern Nevada
Box/Folder: Box SH-029

Archival Component

Flamingo Hilton rally at the Frontier Strike, 1994 February 25

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00382
Collection Name: Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 05

Archival Component

Flamingo Hotel and pool: photographic print and negative, approximately 1952

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

John C. Olsen Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00320
Collection Name: John C. Olsen Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02, Box SH-032

Archival Component

Flamingo Hotel and pool: photographic print and negative, approximately 1952

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

John C. Olsen Photograph Collection
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: PH-00320
Collection Name: John C. Olsen Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 02, Box SH-032

Archival Component

Mugs from Caesars Palace, Flamingo Hotel; silverware and cocktail stirrers from Flamingo Hotel; El Rancho Hotel ashtray and matchbook, approximately 1950 to 1980

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Art Sloan Collection of Las Vegas Memorabilia
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00831
Collection Name: Art Sloan Collection of Las Vegas Memorabilia
Box/Folder: Box 02

Archival Component

Casino signs: Young Electric Sign Company, 1993 to 1997

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00547
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Regional History Files
Box/Folder: Box 09

Archival Component

Photographs of ABC Stores sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 3, 2017

Date

2017-03-03
2017-09-01

Description

The ABC Stores sign sits at 23 East Fremont Street inside the Fremont Street Experience. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Sheet.
Site address: 23 Fremont St
Sign owner: Sidney and Minnie Kosasa
Sign details: The idea of the ABC stores originated in Hawaii with their first store opening in Waikiki in 1964 as a traveler convenience store selling groceries, cosmetics and souvenirs. The company now has location here in Las Vegas as well as Guam and Saipan. The owners wanted a name that everyone could remember so they named it ABC. The building that houses this ABC Store on Fremont was originally constructed in 1940. The property opened as the ABC Stores in November of 2001.
Sign condition: 5- relatively new and in good condition.
Sign form: Flat bullnose sign, though nearly a canopy sign
Sign-specific description: Above their entrance are big silver plumes that are all lined with chasing incandescent. At night these plumes look like a iridescent pearl color. There is one big plume in the middle and two on either side of the big one. On the middle plume there is a blade sign stating "ABC (vertically) Stores (horizontally)" which is also lined in incandescent on the roadside portion of the sign. The blade portion is a backlit plastic sign. Above the silver plumes is "ABC STORES" in channeled block font letters. These letters are outlined in blue neon (argon) and have gold colored incandescent that are flashing.
Sign - type of display: Neon, incandescents and backlit plastic signs
Sign - media: Plastic and steel
Sign - non-neon treatments: Neon, incandescents and backlit plastic signs
Sign animation: Chaser for the incandescents on the plumes and flasher on the incandescents in the ABC letters above the plumes.
Sign environment: This property is on Fremont in between Main and First Street. To the east would be the site of the old Famous Pioneer Club and La Bayou was to the west, but has been torn down in the past year. Across the street was the Glitter Gulch.
Sign manufacturer: YESCO
Sign - date of installation: 2001
Sign - thematic influences: The plumes that this location has look very similar to the 1970's Raul Rodriguez Flamingo feathers.
Sign - artistic significance: Could be reminiscent of the 1970's Flamingo Feathers designed by Raul Rodriguez. Though it is also remnant of the old showgirl outfits with their plumes and big feathery outfits.
Survey - research locations: ABC website http://www.abcstores.com/about/ , Acessor's Page, contact with Lovella Joy C. Romulando the Assistant Property manager.
Surveyor: Emily Fellmer
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-01
Sign keywords: Neon; Incandescent; Backlit; Plastic; Steel; Chasing; Flashing; Bullnose

Mixed Content