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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, March 17, 1983
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Las Vegas Boulevard/Las Vegas Strip b-roll footage during the day: video
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B-roll footage of the Las Vegas Strip during the day; begins with the Silverbird; camera cuts out and it restarts at Circus Cirus; additional casinos are visible as the car travels south on the boulevard; including the Stardust, Riveria, Sahara, Dunes, Holiday Inn; Flamingo, MGM, and others. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From The Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Photographs of Las Vegas Club signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 24, 2016
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Site name: Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Site address: 18 Fremont St
Sign owner: Las Vegas Club
Sign details: The Las Vegas Club originally opened on the opposite side of Fremont than it is today in the 1930's. It held one of the first few Neon signs on Fremont which was installed around ca.1930. In 1949 the Las Vegas Club reopened in its new location on Main and Fremont Street, and once held a large Baseball Hall of Fame. It has closed down in 2015 and demolition of the building began in 2017.
Sign condition: 4- Signage was working well and still had bright paint before the building had undergone demolition
Sign form: Pylon and architectural
Sign-specific description: They convey sports themes throughout their signs. There was a bronze-type sculptural baseball player. Large Neon and incandescent sign that wrapped around the whole building. Though above each entrance there is a plain graphic lettering with neon surrounding the letters.
Sign - type of display: Neon and Incandescent
Sign - media: Steel and bronze-type material (baseball player)
Sign - non-neon treatments: Sculptural element and incandescent
Sign animation: Flasher for incandescent
Sign environment: This location is on the north corner of Main and Fremont St. It is just north of the Golden Gate and across the street from the Plaza. It also had the Golden Goose, Glitter Gulch and Mermaids to the East of it.
Sign manufacturer: YESCO
Sign designer: Brian "Buzz" Lemming
Sign - date of installation: Circa 1960's
Sign - thematic influences: They convey sports/baseball themes within their signage which showcases the theme of their Baseball Hall of Fame.
Survey - research locations: Neon Museum Tour Hand book, Vintage Vegas http://vintagelasvegas.com/search/Las+Vegas+Club Images, Charles Barnard The Magic Sign.
Survey - research notes: The original Las Vegas Club in the 1930's had the tallest tallest sign in downtown Las Vegas until it was superseded by the Lucky Casino sign about a decade later.
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-02
Sign keywords: Architectural; Steel; Sculptural; Incandescent; Flashing; Neon; Bullnose
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Las Vegas Numismatic Society Records
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Las Vegas Numismatic Society Records (1963-1974) consist of receipts, membership lists, deposit slips, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, and memos. Also included are brochures, newsletters, and postcards from the Sahara Hotel where the Society's first conference was held in 1963. There is a Guide to Personnel and a Service Directory from the Clark County, Nevada School District. Publications from the Nevada Test Site (NTS), Reynolds Electric ad Engineering Company (REECo), and Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc. (EGG) contain references to the donor, Carl G. Taylor.
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, December 22, 1976
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, September 19, 1974
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Photograph of the students and faculty at Las Vegas School, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1917
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The Wheel of Rotary Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, March 2, 1950
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, January 27, 1983
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The Wheel Las Vegas Rotary Club newsletter, July 29, 1982
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