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Photograph of courtyard area and outdoor swimming pool at the Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1940s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Guests sit in the courtyard area around an outdoor pool at the Flamingo Hotel in the 1940s.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the exterior and marquee of the Thunderbird Hotel at night (Las Vegas), circa late1960s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Nighttime view of the sign in front of the Thunderbird Hotel, and the neon and electric signage spanning the length of the hotel. On the sign in front of the entrance: "Kings IV. Buckley and Collins. Thoroughly Modern Minsky, world famous burlesque, produced by Harold Minsky."
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the exterior corner of the Eldorado Club, (Las Vegas), late 1940s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Eldorado Club on the northwest corner of Fremont and 2nd Streets in downtown Las Vegas. Signs for the Hotel Apache, Boulder Club and Club Savoy (partially hidden) are also seen.
Site Name: Eldorado Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of Flamingo Hotel neon sign and porte-cochère (Las Vegas), 1970s.
Date
Archival Collection
Description
On the sign: 'Phil Ford & Mimi Hines, special guest star Bobby Golsboro. Stark Naked & The Car Thieves. Shango. Mills Brothers. Rhetta Hughes. The Characters. Moses & The Highbrows.'
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Postcard showing the Hotel Last Frontier (Las Vegas), 1942-1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Hotel Last Frontier property. Transcribed from front of postcard: "Hotel Last Frontier: The early West in modern splendor at Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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Postcard showing the Hotel Last Frontier property (Las Vegas), 1942-1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Hotel Last Frontier property with a dirt road in the foreground. Transcribed from front of postcard: "Hotel Last Frontier: The early West in modern splendor at Las Vegas, Nevada."
Site Name: Frontier
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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Photograph of the front exterior of the original Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas), 1930s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Las Vegas Club in its original location on the south side of Fremont Street next to the Pioneer Club. The Las Vegas Club was the first casino with a neon sign. This photo shows the doors that replaced the original open front.
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of the front exterior of the Pioneer Club at night (Las Vegas), circa 1947
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The exterior corner of the Pioneer Club and Las Vegas Club on Fremont street at night.
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of the pool at the Desert Inn at night (Las Vegas), after 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Nightime view of the pool area of Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the casino interior of the Las Vegas Club, 1930s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Crowded interior view of the Las Vegas Club at its original location. Transcribed from original: "The Las Vegas Club has all standard games, and last year put the first turtle derby, at pari mutuel [sic] betting ever staged in Nevada."
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street
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