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Gold Key Motel, Village Inn, and The Flame. Las Vegas Strip at Desert Inn Rd – circa 1972.

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...

Pulling up to Mirage Motel, Las Vegas Strip, 1955

Gaslite Motel, 2025 Las Vegas Blvd S – est. 1956

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...

1300-block Las Vegas Blvd S – 1964

South end of the Las Vegas Strip, 1964.

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.

Bagdad Motel / Holiday House / The Blvd, 2211 S Las Vegas Blvd, since 1954

Bagdad Motel / Holiday House / The Blvd, 2211 S Las Vegas Blvd, since 1954Photo: Kodachrome, ‘56The place called The Blvd Apartments in the 2020s began as Hawthorne House, built in...

Key West’s Heatbreak Hotel on Lonely Street

It’s time to put on your blue suede shoes and head on down Lonely Street in Key West where you’ll find the namesake of an Elvis Presley classic tune ‘Heartbreak Hotel’. Yes it’s tr...

Most Expensive RV Overnight Campsite

This very well may be one of the MOST EXPENSIVE one night stay RV campsites in the entire Florida Keys! It’s worth it having bragging rights saying “I Stayed Here!” is a vacation m...

Riviera, August 1966

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...

Send More Tourists!

Photo headboards are a Florida Keys staple throughout the entire 128 miles stretch from Florida City to Key West. Tourist by the droves stop to get their picture taken with these s...

Golden Nugget’s original interior, c. 1946 (‘46-'49)

Bernice at the Flamingo, January 1956. Across the road, an empty lot with a sign: FOR SALE 80 ACRES….

Cottages By The Sea!

Wow, wow & WOW! What a FANTASTIC find this was! Talk about a picture perfect postcard, this indeed is it. This my friends is on my personal short list… I’m bringing my wife her...

Greetings from Camperland at Stardust, Las Vegas (1972)

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...

Tony Spilotro’s Gold Rush Ltd. 228 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV - circa 1981

Tony Spilotro’s Gold Rush Ltd. 228 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV - circa 1981Spilotro was the sole owner of the jewelry store, located in the storybook-themed Enchanted Village comme...

Stardust. Las Vegas, June 1964. 35 mm Kodachrome by Rsyung

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...

At the Tropicana, 1968

At the Tropicana, 1968

Driving the Las Vegas Strip, March 1977

Driving the Las Vegas Strip, March 1977Travelodge and Sambos, Aladdin, Caesars Palace, Desert Inn, and Stardust.

Paradise Road to the Las Vegas Strip, February 1972

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...