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Pioneer Citizens Bank Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, 1972 May 01
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Frank Mitrani Photographs
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component
Pioneer Crossing Casino double mounted sign, Fernley, Nevada, 2021
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Northern Nevada Neon Photograph Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall double mounted pylon sign, Laughlin, Nevada: photographic print
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior view of the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall sign during the day, featuring "River Rick."
2200 S Casino Dr, Laughlin, NV 89029
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Film transparency of neon signs for the Pioneer Club and Las Vegas Club (Las Vegas), before 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View at dusk of neon signs for the Pioneer Club and Las Vegas Club on the southwest corner of Fremont and First Streets, and a neon sign for the Pioneer Club on the roof of the Las Vegas Pharmacy on the northwest corner of Fremont and First Streets.
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of YESCO workers installing Vegas Vic at the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), 1951
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Workers installing the now-famous Vegas Vic sign on the front of the Pioneer Club. Stamped on back of photo: "Photo by Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada." Transcribed from photo sleeve: "First Highrise Hotel -- Center of action downtown throughtout the '30s was the Apache Hotel which boasted an elevator and a nitery downstairs. The corner is now Binion's Horseshoe, but the spot has undergone many name changes from Tony Cornero's 'S.S. Rex' to the Eldorado where the mobs were fighting for control of the race wire. Bugsy Siegel's influence was first felt here in the early '40s."
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street
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B-roll footage for Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada advertisements: video, 1984 July 26
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
B-roll of Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada. Boats pass by on the river, camera pans to a man and woman talking and standing by the water. Audio abruptly begins, and a woman is giving the couple direction as the camera rolls. Couple then appear on the beach, and the neon signs are visible as the sun begins to set; couple speak to another infront of Vegas Vic sign, then move to a boat on the river, and then ends with the couple talking inside a Pioneer Hotel room. Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: The Production Company Audiovisual Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00
Archival Component
Film transparency of Fremont Street, showing neon signs for the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), circa 1948
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Signs for the Pioneer Club on both sides of Fremont Street at dusk. A neon sign for the Overland Hotel is seen in the background.
Site Name: Pioneer Club
Address: 25 East Fremont Street
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Photograph of parade on Fremont Street by the Pioneer Club (Las Vegas), October 31, 1944
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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
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The Pioneer Club at 1st and Fremont lettering and wall signs, Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Exterior view of the Pioneer Club at 1st and Fremont in Las Vegas, NV at night. It ceased operation in 1995.
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Slide of the Pioneer Club and its neon signs, including Vegas Vic, Las Vegas, circa 1980s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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