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Photographs of Las Vegas Club signs, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 24, 2016

Date

2016-06-24 to 2017-09-02

Description

The permanently closed Las Vegas Club Casino sits at 18 Fremont Street at the Fremont Street Experience. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survery Data Sheet.
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notes: The original Las Vegas Club in the 1930's had the tallest tallest sign in downtown Las Vegas until it was superseded by the Lucky Casino sign about a decade later.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

Mixed Content

Film transparency of El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, 1940s-1950s

Date

1940 to 1959

Archival Collection

Description

A view of the interior of the Chuck Wagon buffet in the El Rancho Vegas.

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Slide of neon lights at Vegas World, Las Vegas, circa 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Description

A color image of neon lights for Vegas World Casino at night.

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Photograph of filming of "Meet Me in Las Vegas," Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1955-1956

Date

1955 to 1956

Description

Filming of the motion picture "Meet Me in Las Vegas" by the Sands Hotel swimming pool. Handwritten on back of photograph: "Pasternak, Lee Standfield." Joe Pasternak was the film's producer.

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Comments on photograph of downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1962

Date

1962-06-23

Description

Comments on the photograph of downtown Las Vegas written by Don Dobson.

Text

Photograph of the dining room of the Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Archival Collection

Description

Dining room of Las Vegas Ranch (Stewart Ranch).
Site Name: Las Vegas Ranch (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Photograph of Las Vegas residential areas, Las Vegas, circa 1911.

Date

1911

Description

View of residential area in Las Vegas, Nevada with houses and trees.

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Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra Publications

Identifier

MS-00534

Abstract

The Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra Publications (1998-2013) primarily includes programs from the orchestra's seasons as well as for special concerts like the 4th of July, Soiree, and other one-time special events. Also included in this collection are copies of the orchestra's newsletter, Con Brio.

Archival Collection

People gather at the 1 October memorial located at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, looking north in Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-10-18

Description

Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. This series of photographs document the impromptu memorial created at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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