Materials depict amenities at the Sands Hotel from 1952 to 1969. The photographs primarily depict showrooms and ballrooms at the Sands, including the Copa Room and the Garden Room. The photographs also depict patrons gambling in the Sands Casino, rooms at the Sands Hotel, and the Sands Hotel pool.
Crowds watch as women in costumes pose on top of an unidentified float in the Helldorado Parade as it drives down Fremont Street in front of the Westerner Gambling Hall during the year 1948 or 1949. Written on the side of the float are the names: "Cole Porter", "Irving Berlin", and "Bing Crosby". Site Name: Westerner Gambling Hall and Saloon (Las Vegas, Nev.) Street Address: 23 Fremont Street