LOST VEGAS: The Old Vegas Theme Park
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Las Vegas has always been brilliant at selling fantasies. One of its earliest and most persistent was the idea that the city grew out of a dusty frontier settlement—a place of catt...
Las Vegas Strip, April 1966View from the Dunes: Construction at Caesars Palace, Flamingo Capri, Caravan Travelodge, Sands, Flamingo hotel with Wayne Newton in the showroom, and Des...
Vintage Las Vegas Golf CoursesLas Vegas Country Club (‘27-'30s). A private course, the first in the valley. It was located in the area of today’s Wynn Resort. Its exact property li...
Greetings from Camperland at Stardust, Las Vegas (1972)Stardust in 1972 was the first to opened an RV park as a part of a Las Vegas resort. 100 spaces were opened on property behin...
Another Las Vegas casino of the past is no more. The Royal Resort, which operated for years on Convention Center Drive just east of the Strip, was razed last week without fanfare o...
Paradise Road to the Las Vegas Strip, February 1972Elvis headlines the Las Vegas International-Hilton “International” still on the building, “Hilton” on the sign. A set of 10 photo...
Gold Key Motel, Village Inn, and The Flame. Las Vegas Strip at Desert Inn Rd – circa 1972. Morris Kishner & partners developed the motel and retail space. The block became Gold...
Gaslite Motel, 2025 Las Vegas Blvd S – est. 1956Opened in 1956, Gaslite was at the north end of a row of motels on the east side of Las Vegas Blvd near St. Louis Ave. Around ‘71 it...
Stardust. Las Vegas, June 1964. 35 mm Kodachrome by RsyungBehind the spectacular neon sign, Stardust’s rooms were traditional low-rise motel buildings. In 1964 the hotel opened a 9...
Driving the Las Vegas Strip, March 1977Travelodge and Sambos, Aladdin, Caesars Palace, Desert Inn, and Stardust.
Downtown Las Vegas, 1950South 1st Street, facing north towards Fremont. Ingall’s Credit, Rex Bar (124 S. 1st), Original Steak House (122 S. 1st), Pioneer Club.
Las Vegas Strip at Flamingo Rd, circa 1984Flamingo, Barbary Coast, MGM Grand, Aladdin, Dunes. (1) Slide scan from James Leighton. (3) via Classiclasvegas.
The Royal Resort, on Convention Center Drive, was turned into a mountain of rubble.
South end of the Las Vegas Strip, 1964. Property sale sign, a neon billboard for the Flamingo, and Wright’s Motel in the distance. Photo taken from the front of Aloha Motel.
Fremont St, Las Vegas c. October 1955Lucky Strike Club, Nevada Club, Fortune Club
Riviera, August 1966(1) Facing north, taken from the newest wing of the hotel. (2) Below, via helicopter – 10/18/66 with an Allied Van Lines truck & pop-up stage in front of th...
“Las Vegas at night, June 5, 1950”4x3″ glass slide by unknown photographer. Golden Nugget straight ahead on Fremont Street. Wimpy’s delicious waffles and 5¢ coffee to the right.
Rafael Rivera is credited with bestowing Las Vegas with its name. In return, Las Vegas named Rafael Rivera Park in his honor. The 10-acre park features the Rafael Rivera Community...
Low-flying tour over Las Vegas Blvd, April 1966Tropicana, Dunes, Flamingo, Sands, Desert Inn, Stardust, Riviera, and Thunderbird. 12 photos by Arthur Schatz.
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