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Photograph of an artist's rendering of a woman sitting atop the Las Vegas Club neon sign, circa 1950
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A photograph of a woman in a swim suit is shown sitting atop an artist's rendering of the vertical Las Vegas Club neon sign, with the Las Vegas cityscape below. The illustration is signed "Boernge" in the lower left corner.
Site Name: Las Vegas Club
Address: 18 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of assembly of the neon sign of the Mint (Las Vegas), 1957
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Workers assemble the vertical neon sign over the entrance to the Mint. The front of the Boulder Club is seen next door.
Site Name: Mint Las Vegas
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of assembly of the Mint neon sign (Las Vegas), 1957
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Workers assemble the vertical neon sign over the entrance to the Mint. Part of the Boulder Club is seen next door. Part of the Silver Palace can be seen in the background.
Site Name: Mint Las Vegas
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of exterior corner of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall at dusk (Las Vegas), circa 1951
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of the neon signs on the exterior corner of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall at Fremont and Second Streets. Signs for the Lucky Strike and Pioneer Club are seen in the background.
Site Name: Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Address: 129 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of the Silver Slipper electric sign in front of the Young Electric Sign Company (Las Vegas), 1958
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Three men, with plans in hand, stand in front of the oversized silver slipper built for the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall. The slipper is mounted on the bed of a delivery truck. The front of the Young Electric Sign Company building (YESCO) is seen behind the truck.
Site Name: Young Electric Sign Company
Address: 2535 East Charleston Blvd.
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Photograph of neon sign for the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall (Las Vegas), after 1958
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Daytime view of the giant silver slipper and neon signs for the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall. Minsky's Burlesque and "the strip fight of the week: Red Lopez vs. Johnny Brooks" is advertised.
Site Name: Silver Slipper
Address: 3100 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the exterior corner of the Horseshoe Club (Las Vegas), circa 1960s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View from the corner of Fremont and Second Streets of neon signs on the exterior corner of the Horseshoe Club.
Site Name: Horseshoe Club
Address: 128 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of the Flamingo Hotel's neon Champagne Tower, Las Vegas, 1953
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Two men shake hands while standing in front of the Flamingo's neon Champagne Tower.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the front exterior of the Sands Hotel at dusk (Las Vegas), circa 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View at dusk of the Sands Hotel and neon sign seen from the street. Tallulah Bankhead headlines the marquee.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the neon sign of the Hacienda (Las Vegas), 1965
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Daytime view of the neon sign in front of the Hacienda Hotel, showing the hotel's logo of a caballero riding a horse. The sign advertises the hotel's 10th anniversary.
Site Name: Hacienda
Address: 3590 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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