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Photograph of two women near Fanny's Dress Shop at Last Frontier Village, 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

View of Fanny's Dress Shop in Last Frontier Village, a theme park at the Hotel Last Frontier.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of a large group of people near the swimming pool at the Hotel Last Frontier, 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Crowded swimming pool area of the Hotel Last Frontier, yet nobody is in the pool. The sign for the Ramona Room is also visible.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the entrance to the Last Frontier Village at twilight (Las Vegas), circa early 1950s

Date

1950 to 1955

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 the Gay Nineties Bar and stagecoach at the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

The Gay Nineties Bar and the stagecoach used to pick up guests at the Last Frontier Village at the New 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

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Photograph of the Frontier Club during World War II (Las Vegas), 1941-1946

Date

1941 to 1946

Archival Collection

Description

The façade of the Frontier Club taken from across the street. Men, women, and children are pictured walking by, talking, and playing on the sidewalk. Above the Frontier Club's sign, there are two billboard advertisements for war bonds. The poster on the left reads "Keep Them Bums on the Run!" and "Your Investment in the USA is Necessary." The left poster also displays caricatures of the Axis Powers running away from a plane. The poster on the right reads "Buy War Bonds at King's."
Site Name: Frontier Club
Address: 117 East Fremont Street

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Photograph of Francis X. Brownhofer in front of the Gay Nineties Bar at the Last Frontier Village, 1944

Date

1944

Description

Francis X. Brownhofer on a horse in front of the Gay Nineties Bar in the Las Frontier Village at the Last Frontier Hotel. Transcribed from original: "Francis X. Brownhofer, purchasing agent and catering manager of Brown Derby, Hollywood. Set up food operations for Last Frontier." Next door is the 21 Club.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Florence Chadwick sitting on the diving board at the swimming pool of the Hotel Last Frontier, 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Florence Chadwick, the first American woman to swim the English Channel both directions, at the swimming pool of the Hotel Last Frontier.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of the Little Church of the West from the Last Frontier Village being moved (Las Vegas), 1954

Date

1954

Description

The Little Church of the West being moved during renovations to the Last Frontier Village complex in 1954. The Last Frontier became the New Frontier after the renovations were complete.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: Las Vegas; Clark County; Nevada

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Photograph of the entrance of the Last Frontier Village and the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall (Las Vegas), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

View of the Silver Slipper and the entrance to Last Frontier Village. 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: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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Photograph of Leo Carrillo in front of the Carrillo Room at the Last Frontier Village (Las Vegas), circa mid 1940s

Date

1942 to 1947

Description

Actor Leo Carrillo, who played Pancho in the popular 1950s TV series "The Cisco Kid" poses in his 1941 Cadillac with a woman outside of the Carrillo Room at the Last Frontier Village.
Site Name: Frontier
Address: 3120 Las Vegas Boulevard South

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