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Welcome to North Las Vegas, 1960sFirst platted by Thomas L. Williams in the late 1910s, the community was named North Las Vegas in ‘32, and officially incorporated as a city on 5/1...
This past Saturday, downtown Las Vegas held the Helldorado Days Parade, its annual salute the city’s Wild West roots. The only problem? It doesn’t have any. Las Vegas has always be...
ALTLas Vegas, Nevada, 19432500x2034 px | National Archives
Helldorado parade, Fremont St, Las Vegas – May 15, 1965Las Vegas News Bureau
Fremont St, Las Vegas, 1951Facing west towards 2nd (Casino Center). Photo by Desert Sea (Las Vegas) News Bureau, Don English and Dave Lees.
The Sands Hotel was built around the bones of a 1940s roadside gambling joint originally called the Kit Carson Club Mob-connected former LAPD vice cop Guy McAfee and Flamingo found...
Downtown Las Vegas c. 1979In the foreground is Mesquite Ave at N 9th & N 10th Streets. The areas of Buck’s Subdivision and Grandview Addition were suburban Las Vegas of the ‘00...
Step inside the Golden Nugget. Las Vegas, January 1947. Photos by Jon BrenneisLife Magazine’s second feature on Las Vegas was published in their 5/26/47 issue. The article covers B...
Las Vegas Strip, c. February 1981. Photo by Larry Hanna. View from the Tropicana: Marina Hotel, Aladdin (Rodney Dangerfield, Vikki Carr), Jockey Club’s unopened casino, Dunes, Caes...
Las Vegas Strip, 1984. Photo by Larry Hanna. (1) Facing north: Frontier (Siegfried & Roy), Stardust, Circus Circus, Desert Inn (One of a Kind).
Las Vegas in Cinerama Holiday (‘55)Scenes on Fremont Street, interior of Golden Nugget, and at the Desert Inn’s pool, Painted Desert showroom, and casino, all shot in March 1954.Th...
Clark County Courthouses, 1909-20051909. When Las Vegas was platted, Block 20, bounded by 2nd & 3rd, Carson & Bridger, was reserved for public works. When Clark County was...
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on April 21, 2025....
Fremont & Main, Las Vegas, c. October 1949Photo by Desert Sea (Las Vegas) News BureauFacing east from an elevated platform in front of the Union Pacific depot. Left: Overland H...
Las Vegas Strip, September 1973. Set of ten photos.
Fremont St, Las Vegas, December 1942Photo by Peter StackpoleSmith & Chandler (110 Fremont St) in the Adolph Levy building, constructed in ‘07. Jack Pot (116 Fremont) was a casi...
Fremont St, Las Vegas, July 1966
Fremont St, Las Vegas, August 1975Right: Construction work at Fremont Hotel during their expansion to 3rd Street where Fremont Theatre & Red Garter Casino had been. Slide scan...
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