From the KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Photograph Collection (PH-00156). Reynolds photo. "COPY 25333 Reproduction from the Original in the Arizona Historical Society" stamp on verso.
The marquee reads: "'Emergo' Puts You In The 'House on Haunted Hill,' also 'Cosmic Man;'" and "Emergo Thrills Fly At You." Site Name: Fremont Theatre (Las Vegas, Nev.)
The Desert Hills Motel sign sits at 2121 Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Sheet. Site address: 2121 Fremont St Sign owner: Desert Hills Motel Enterprises Inc Sign details: 0.71 acre lot with an original construction year of 1956. Sign condition: 4 - recently redone, working neon and incandescent bulbs, bird spikes on top. Sign form: Monument Sign Sign-specific description: Directional monument sign, giant arrow used to direct guests into parking lot. Basic design, blue background for the arrow, reader board, and support pole, white lettering for "Desert Hills Motel" outlined with skeleton neon tubing. Little geometric diamonds framing "Vacancy" and "Entrance" with skeleton neon tubing framing that as well. "No Vacancy" has red neon for coloring. Reader board would of internally illuminated. The word "Desert Hills" glowed a pale blue, "Motel" glowed a bright red, and there was an outline of neon around the arrow of the sign. Skeletal neon only it seems no fill in. Sign - type of display: Neon, internally illuminated reader board Sign - media: Steel and Plastic Sign environment: Surrounded by other motels and residential Sign manufacturer: No external markings for sign company or designer Sign - date of installation: c. 1957 Sign - date of redesign/move: Recently repainted, but exact date unknown Survey - research locations: Motel website, old motel literature, assessor's website Survey - research notes: Same owner as the Roulette Motel Surveyor: Danny Jacobs Survey - date completed: 2017-08-12 Sign keywords: Neon; Steel; Plastic; Reader board; Internally illuminated; Directional; Pole sign
L-R: 1. Earl Leaf, 2. Mrs. Harold Minsky, unidentified others at press party for Tempest Storm at Beverly-Hilton. Credited - Minsky and Dunes Hotel Site Name: The Beverly Hilton (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Street Address: 9876 Wilshire Boulevard