Fremont St, Las Vegas, 1964
West/east. Scan from 110 slide, VLV.
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Nevada Club, 1962. Candy Cane, Twisters, Continuous Twisting, 6 PM to 6 AM. Jay Orlando & The Sparklers. Las Vegas News Bureau.

Villa Vegas Motel, 1981 by Robert Weinberg
1409 S. 4th, at the intersection of LV Blvd. The motel and street itself were demolished in ‘96, when 3rd and 4th were merged and lined with palm trees. The motel was seen briefly in Casino.
Beverly at Las Vegas Club, 1954
The club moved to 18 Fremont from across the street in summer ‘49, covering the Ed W. Clark building and half of Overland Hotel. Kodachrome family photos via Bruce Szalwinski.

Vintage motel with a classic sign in Las Vegas, August 23, 2018. The place next door was Elvis-themed, hence the pink Cadillac in the right foreground–looks like a ‘68. Places like this are part of the past in Vegas; they are being demolished en masse elsewhere in the city.

Desert Inn, May 1950, photo by J. R. Eyerman. “What a big casino needs to run for a single night is shown by Desert Inn employees and implements gathered in the gambling room before the opening.” – LIFE








