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Fireworks over the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-01-01

Description

Las Vegas celebrates the new year with a fireworks show over the Las Vegas Strip.

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The Las Vegas Strip from above, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

View of the Las Vegas Strip's epicenter as seen from a balcony at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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The Las Vegas Strip from above, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

View of the Las Vegas Strip in the daytime, as seen from a balcony at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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Photograph of the construction on the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1990s

Date

1990 to 1999

Description

Construction on the west side of the Las Vegas Convention Center. A sign for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is seen in front of the building.

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Photograph of Las Vegas Ranch, Las Vegas, circa 1890s-1910s

Date

1890 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

A view of cattle grazing on the Las Vegas Ranch in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Photograph of Mamchen's Deli-Tavern, Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1970s-1980s

Date

1970 to 1989

Description

Guests at Mamchen's Deli-Tavern in the Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada. It overlooks the main casino.

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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

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Photograph of the Las Vegas Rotary Club, Las Vegas, circa mid 1900s

Date

1940 to 1969

Description

The view of Las Vegas Men's Groups the Rotary Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Handwritten on the back of the image: "1-left- James Cashman, C.S. Wengert, Walter R. Bracken, W.E. Ferron, O.K. Adcock, S.J. Lawson."

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Photograph of El Rancho Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), June 17, 1960

Date

1960-06-17

Description

El Rancho restaurant on the day of fire. A fireman stands on the engine with the ladder pointing towards the hotel's roof. Site Name: El Rancho Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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The Las Vegas Strip from above, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2017-05-18

Description

The intersection of the Las Vegas Strip and Harmon Avenue, as seen from a balcony at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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