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Aerial photograph of the Sands Hotel looking West (Las Vegas), early 1960s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Aerial view of the Sands Hotel and adjacent property in the 1960s.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the assembly of the porte-cochère in front of the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1967
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Assembly of the Sands Hotel porte-cochère.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of workers assembling the neon sign for the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1952
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View of workers assembling the neon sign for the Sands.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the front exterior of the Sands Hotel at dusk (Las Vegas), circa 1955
Date
Archival Collection
Description
View at dusk of the Sands Hotel and neon sign seen from the street. Tallulah Bankhead headlines the marquee.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the Hollywood Park guest wing at the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), 1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Hollywood Park - one of five two-story buildings which housed guests at the Sands in the 1950s. The five buildings were all named after famous American racetracks.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of the Sands Hotel tower under construction (Las Vegas), February 24, 1965
Date
Archival Collection
Description
The tower of the Sands under construction.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a woman drawing in front of the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), mid-1950s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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
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Photograph of remodeling of the neon sign outside of the Sands Hotel (Las Vegas), circa 1981
Date
Archival Collection
Description
New Sands sign being assembled while the old one is being removed.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a floating craps game in the Sands Hotel swimming pool (Las Vegas), 1954
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Guests at the Sands playing craps on a floating table in the pool. Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Floating craps table - Customers at the Sands Hotel escape the heat by gambling in the pool. About 2200 guests tried this in 1954." Stamped on original: "Desert Sea News Bureau. Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Don English - Dave Lees - Joe Buck."
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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Photograph of a wing of the Sands Hotel being moved (Las Vegas), December 20, 1964
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A wing of the Sands being moved, presumably in preparation for building the tower. The following names were listed as photographers: Jerry Abbot, Joe Buck, Don English and David Lees.
Site Name: Sands Hotel
Address: 3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
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