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Signing of the Hoover Dam contract, 1931
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00014
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 09 (Restrictions apply)
Collection Name: Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 09 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Signed 1st Edition, 2002
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
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Collection Number: MS-00615
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2003-006
Collection Name: Guide to the Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival Submissions
Box/Folder: Box 2003-006
Archival Component
Photographic prints and film negatives of Whiskey Pete's and Flamingo Hilton, 1986 January 3; 1986 January 4
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Homer Rissman Architectural Records
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Collection Number: MS-00452
Collection Name: Homer Rissman Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 38
Collection Name: Homer Rissman Architectural Records
Box/Folder: Box 38
Archival Component
Photographs of Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas (Nev.), March 1, 2017
Date
2017-03-01
2017-09-09
Archival Collection
Description
The world famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada" sign sits at 5200 South Las Vegas Boulevard. Information about the sign is available in the Southern Nevada Neon Survey Data Sheet.
Site name: Welcome to Las Vegas neon sign
Site address: 5200 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: YESCO
Sign details: The sign was originally installed 1959, quickly became an iconic sign for Las Vegas. Betty Willis never trademarked the sign. Betty Willis died at 91 in 2015. Betty Willis also designed the Moulin Rouge and Blue Angel Motel signs. The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a 25 foot sign which is considered smaller than a lot of the other signs in Las Vegas.
Sign condition: 5, Taken care of by YESCO and Clark County
Sign form: Pylon
Sign-specific description: The base of this sign is a blue rectangle outline. The main portion of the sign is a white rhombus shape. Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas written in red and blue on a translucent white background. The word "Welcome" is spelled in red skeletal neon on Silver Coins with each letter on its own coin. On the back of the sign it states Drive Safely Come back Soon. This plastic portion of the sign is surrounded by incandescent light bulbs. On the top left portion of the sign where the blue base of the sign comes out of the top of the sign is the famous red star that is outlined in neon.
Sign - type of display: Incandescent, Neon and back lit plastic.
Sign - media: Steel and plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Plastic back lit portion
Sign animation: Chaser for Incandescent light bulbs on the border of the sign.
Sign environment: This sign is in the median of Las Vegas Blvd. near the South most end of the Strip. This location has Mandalay Bay to the west of it and the airport to the east.
Sign manufacturer: Western Neon
Sign designer: Betty Willis
Sign - date of installation: 1959
Sign - date of redesign/move: Mid 2000s redesign of the median to accommodate parking for visitors.
Sign - thematic influences: This sign is designed in the Googie style. This sign also has symbolism with the words Welcome, as each letter is on a silver coin to represent Nevada as the Silver State.
Sign - artistic significance: One of the most Significant signs for Las Vegas. It is easily recognizable and ingrained as part of Las Vegas culture.
Survey - research locations: Las Vegas Sun article https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/21/fabulous-las-vegas-sign-garners-historic-designati/ , Vegas website https://www.vegas.com/attractions/on-the-strip/welcome-las-vegas-sign/ http://www.lasvegaswhereto.com/welcome-las-vegas-sign/ Neon Museum Tour outline , Vintage Vegas http://vintagelasvegas.com/search/welcome+to+fabulous+las+vegas
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-09
Sign keywords: Chasing; Plastic; Backlit; Steel; Incandescent; Neon; Pylon
Site name: Welcome to Las Vegas neon sign
Site address: 5200 S Las Vegas Blvd
Sign owner: YESCO
Sign details: The sign was originally installed 1959, quickly became an iconic sign for Las Vegas. Betty Willis never trademarked the sign. Betty Willis died at 91 in 2015. Betty Willis also designed the Moulin Rouge and Blue Angel Motel signs. The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is on the National Register of Historic Places. This is a 25 foot sign which is considered smaller than a lot of the other signs in Las Vegas.
Sign condition: 5, Taken care of by YESCO and Clark County
Sign form: Pylon
Sign-specific description: The base of this sign is a blue rectangle outline. The main portion of the sign is a white rhombus shape. Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas written in red and blue on a translucent white background. The word "Welcome" is spelled in red skeletal neon on Silver Coins with each letter on its own coin. On the back of the sign it states Drive Safely Come back Soon. This plastic portion of the sign is surrounded by incandescent light bulbs. On the top left portion of the sign where the blue base of the sign comes out of the top of the sign is the famous red star that is outlined in neon.
Sign - type of display: Incandescent, Neon and back lit plastic.
Sign - media: Steel and plastic
Sign - non-neon treatments: Plastic back lit portion
Sign animation: Chaser for Incandescent light bulbs on the border of the sign.
Sign environment: This sign is in the median of Las Vegas Blvd. near the South most end of the Strip. This location has Mandalay Bay to the west of it and the airport to the east.
Sign manufacturer: Western Neon
Sign designer: Betty Willis
Sign - date of installation: 1959
Sign - date of redesign/move: Mid 2000s redesign of the median to accommodate parking for visitors.
Sign - thematic influences: This sign is designed in the Googie style. This sign also has symbolism with the words Welcome, as each letter is on a silver coin to represent Nevada as the Silver State.
Sign - artistic significance: One of the most Significant signs for Las Vegas. It is easily recognizable and ingrained as part of Las Vegas culture.
Survey - research locations: Las Vegas Sun article https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/21/fabulous-las-vegas-sign-garners-historic-designati/ , Vegas website https://www.vegas.com/attractions/on-the-strip/welcome-las-vegas-sign/ http://www.lasvegaswhereto.com/welcome-las-vegas-sign/ Neon Museum Tour outline , Vintage Vegas http://vintagelasvegas.com/search/welcome+to+fabulous+las+vegas
Surveyor: Wyatt Currie-Diamond
Survey - date completed: 2017-09-09
Sign keywords: Chasing; Plastic; Backlit; Steel; Incandescent; Neon; Pylon
Mixed Content
Sands Inn Hotel mounted sign, Reno, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1986
Archival Collection
Description
View of the sign for the Sands Inn during the day.
Image
Photograph of Roosevelt Toston, signed, 1974
Date
1974
Archival Collection
Description
Autographed portrait of Roosevelt Toston in his signature bowtie.
Image
Front entrance and exterior of the Flamingo Hotel circa 1947, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, 1980
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00127
Collection Name: Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Front entrance and exterior of the Flamingo Hotel circa 1947, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, 1980
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00127
Collection Name: Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Interior view of the restaurant at the Flamingo Hotel circa 1947, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, 1980
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00127
Collection Name: Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component
Interior view of a room in the Flamingo Hilton's Third Tower, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, 1983
Level of Description
Item
Archival Collection
Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
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Collection Number: PH-00127
Collection Name: Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Collection Name: Flamingo Hilton Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Folder 01
Archival Component