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Photograph of the original Googie style Flamingo front entrance (Las Vegas), late 1940s

Date

1945 to 1949

Description

View of the original front of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Architecture and Design Style: Googie

Image

Photograph of Flamingo Hotel neon sign and porte-cochère (Las Vegas), 1970s.

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

On the sign: 'Phil Ford & Mimi Hines, special guest star Bobby Golsboro. Stark Naked & The Car Thieves. Shango. Mills Brothers. Rhetta Hughes. The Characters. Moses & The Highbrows.'
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the front exterior and tower of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino at night (Las Vegas), circa 1962

Date

1959 to 1964

Description

Nighttime view of the front of the Flamingo Hotel and its Champagne Tower.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of courtyard area and outdoor swimming pool at the Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Guests sit in the courtyard area around an outdoor pool at the Flamingo Hotel in the 1940s.
Site Name: Flamingo Hotel and Casino
Address: 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Image

Photograph of the Las Vegas Strip at night, late 1970s

Date

1977 to 1979

Description

View of the Las Vegas Strip at night, showing the MGM Grand (now Bally's), Flamingo Hilton (now Flamingo Las Vegas), the Dunes (where Bellagio now stands), and the Barbary Coast (now Bill's Gamblin' Hall and Saloon)
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV

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Photograph of construction of the neon sign of the Rio Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas), 1989

Date

1989

Description

Construction on the neon sign in front of the Rio Hotel and Casino. The sign gives employment and reservation phone numbers and announces the opening date of January 15 (1990).
Site Name: Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino
Address: 3700 West Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV

Image

Aerial photograph of the Las Vegas Strip, circa mid 1970s

Date

1974 to 1978

Description

Aerial view of the Las Vegas Strip, looking north from the former MGM Grand, since renamed Bally's. Also shown is the former Dunes Hotel, where Bellagio now stands, as well as Caesars Palace, the Flamingo, the Sands, the Frontier, Circus Circus, the Las Vegas Hilton. In the distance is Downtown Las Vegas.
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV

Image

Aerial photograph of the The Strip looking north from the Dunes Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1968

Date

1967 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

Aerial view of the Las Vegas Strip looking north including views of the Dunes, Caesars Palace, The Flamingo, Sands, Frontier, Riviera, Stardust, and Sahara. Stamped on original: "Las Vegas News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada, Convention Center. 15651 Don English, Jerry Abbott, Joe Buck, Milt Palmer, John Cook, Terry Todd, Bob Hooper, Wolf Wergin."
Site Name: Las Vegas Strip
Address: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV

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