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Photograph of the El Cortez Hotel at night (Las Vegas), circa 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The exterior corner view of the El Cortez Hotel at night.
Site Name: El Cortez
Address: 600 East Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of the entrance to the Last Frontier Village at twilight (Las Vegas), circa early 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The entrance to the Last Frontier Village, including the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of Highway 91 (Las Vegas), circa early 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of Highway 91 showing the Thunderbird Hotel sign, El Rancho Vegas and gas stations. Sticker on back: "Please credit Las Vegas News Bureau, 4405."
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada
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Photograph of the entrance to the Thunderbird Hotel (Las Vegas), circa early 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the front entrance and sign of the thunderbird Hotel. Sticker on back: "Please credit Las Vegas News Bureau, 0541."
Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel
Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of Hotel Nevada (Las Vegas), 1912
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The Hotel Nevada on the corner of Main and Fremont in 1912. Transcribed from the original: "Nevada Hotel - named Sal Sagev much later --Shirley Swanson." Wharton Drug Company named in the bottom left-hand corner of the postcard.
Site Name: Hotel Nevada
Address: 1 Fremont Street
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Photograph of Fremont Street looking west (Las Vegas), circa 1920
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Looking west down Fremont Street from about 2nd Street towards the depot in the 1920s.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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Photograph of Fremont Street, Las Vegas, Nevada at night, circa 1920
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Looking northwest from the intersection of Fremont and Second Streets at night.
Site Name: Fremont Street
Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
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Postcard of the Meadows Country Club (Las Vegas), circa 1931
Date
Archival Collection
Description
This was the first resort/casino in Las Vegas. Transcribed from back of postcard: "A fashionable clubhouse located on the desert near Las Vegas, where gay throngs gather nightly to dine, dance and enjoy the romance and freedom of Nevada."
Site Name: Meadows Country Club
Address: Corner of Charleston Boulevard and Boulder Highway
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Photograph of the Arizona Club under construction (Las Vegas), 1905
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Arizona Club on Block 16 while it was under construction in 1905. Transcribed from back of photo: "Present Arizona Club on North First St. during construction. Built by Jim A. McIntosh in the summer of 1905."
Site Name: Arizona Club
Address: Block 16, Fremont Street, Las Vegas, NV
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Postcard of the Mint Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), circa 1963
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Postcard of the Mint Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street. The picture is an artist conception of the casino with the completed tower. Transcribed from back of postcard: "Las Vegas, Nevada. The New Mint Hotel and Casino. Tallest building in the West. Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. Scheduled for completion 1964."
Site Name: Mint Las Vegas
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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