Search Results
Photograph of the Emerald Room, Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Emerald Room in the Sands Hotel and Casino. Stamped on original: "Douglass Studio. Jay Florian Mitchell. Photographer. New Address: 614 South Sixth. Las Vegas, Nevada. Dudley 4-5148."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of the Hollywood Park guest wing at the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Hollywood Park - one of five two-story buildings which housed guests at the Sands in the 1950s. The five buildings were all named after famous American racetracks.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of an artist's rendering of a proposed high-rise building for the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1961
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Artist's rendering of a proposed and unbuilt tower for the Sands.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of the Aqueduct guest wing, Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1963
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the Aqueduct wing of the Sands Hotel in 1963. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "New three-story building called the Aqueduct, opened in 1963. This latest addition to the Sands Hotel housed 83 suites and rooms. (1963)." Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada, Convention Center. 10454. Don English, Jerry Abbott, Joe Buck, Milt Palmer, John Cook."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of a waiter serving breakfast in the Dunes Hotel swimming pool (Las Vegas), 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Waiter in half-swim attire serving a guest in the pool. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas - Nevada. Photographers: Don English - Joe Buck - Jerry Abbott;" Staple holes in bottom left corner.
Site Name: Dunes Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of a floating craps game in the Sands Hotel swimming pool (Las Vegas), 1954
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Guests at the Sands playing craps on a floating table in the pool. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Floating craps table - Customers at the Sands Hotel escape the heat by gambling in the pool. About 2200 guests tried this in 1954." Stamped on original: "Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Don English - Dave Lees - Joe Buck."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of Wilbur Clark and Cadillac poolside at the Desert Inn (Las Vegas), mid 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Wilbur Clark standing next to a Cadillac by the Desert Inn Pool.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of a painter touching up a model of the planned Desert Inn Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), circa 1949
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Billboard showing the planned Desert Inn Hotel and Casino. Smudges of red paint left on photograph.
Site Name: Desert Inn
Address: 3045 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Photograph of the exterior of the Stardust Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), 1960
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Façade sign of the Stardust. There is a small tear at bottom center of the photograph.
Site Name: Stardust Resort and Casino
Address: 3000 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image
Aerial photograph of the Riviera Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), circa 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
An aerial view of the Riviera Hotel and Casino, along with the surrounding property, circa 1955.
Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino
Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Image