Preliminary sketch of the casino area for the proposed Xanadu Hotel and Casino. Original medium: pencil on tracing paper. Includes multiple layers of tissue paper taped over each other. The Xanadu was to be located where the Excalibur Hotel and Casino currently sits, but it was never built. Site Name: Xanadu Hotel and Casino Address: 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
Conceptual rendering of the exterior of the Xanadu. Original material: parchment. The Xanadu was to be located where the Excalibur Hotel and Casino currently sits, but it was never built. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect. Site Name: Xanadu Hotel and Casino Address: 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
Conceptual artwork showing the interior of the Xanadu. Original material: parchment. The Xanadu was to be located where the Excalibur Hotel and Casino currently sits, but it was never built. Berton Charles Severson, architect; Brian Walter Webb, architect. Site Name: Xanadu Hotel and Casino Address: 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
Early casino interior showing men playing cards. Notice the ashtrays on the floor and the general cleanliness of the room. Stamp on back of photo: "Not for Reproduction, Positively no release, Vegas Studio & Camera Supply, Las Vegas, Nevada, Glenn A. Davis, Photographer" Site Name: Fremont Hotel and Casino Address: 200 East Fremont Street
View of parade on Fremont Street showing details of the Pioneer Club façade. Handwritten text on back of photo: "Tuesday Oct 31-1944, Democratic Parade, Driver Dan Potter, Ed [illegible], 2" seat Senator McCarran, Berkeley Bunker Congressman, Hap Hazard County Committee chairman, Art Philips, Elected back to [illegible]" Site Name: Fremont Street Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
Helldorado Days Parade marching down Fremont Street, and past the neon signs that led to the street's nickname, "Glitter Gulch." Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg." Site Name: Fremont Street Address: Fremont street, Las Vegas, NV
Front entrance of the Thunderbird including the porte-cochère. Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg." Site Name: Thunderbird Hotel Address: 2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South
View of the front of the Sands, including its sign and front parking area, in the mid-1950s. Stamped on original: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg." Site Name: Sands Hotel Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Visitors posing at the Riviera pool. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg." Site Name: Riviera Hotel and Casino Address: 2901 Las Vegas Boulevard South
The "Justice of the Peace" posing in front of his cabin at the Last Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel. Stamp on back of photo: "Please credit Union Pacific Railroad Photo, Public Relations Department, 422 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif, File Print Stock, Los Angeles Neg." Site Name: Frontier Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South