View from the Riviera, c. April 1970
Faded Pana-vue slide, nearly identical to this view in 73.
Las Vegas Strip, October 1981
LVMPD at Caesars Palace. Holiday Casino. Desert Inn. Boy-Lesque at Silver Slipper. Westward Ho. Circus Circus and Tommy B’s Casino. Candlelight Chapel and Riviera.
Photos from Lawrence Back
Las Vegas Strip, April 20, 1987
Bally’s, under the people mover at Caesars Palace, the World of Caesar entrance, Flamingo, Imperial Palace, Holiday Casino, and the Sands.
Photos by André Corboz, Swiss professor and art historian. André Corboz Collection, Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, Italian University of Switzerland.
Hoover Dam, April 1935. Rising water in the new lake had not yet reached the base of the dam’s intake towers.
Two captions have been found for this photo:
“They’re Helldoradoing at Boulder - Motor boating on Boulder Lake furnished by Jim Cashman, local Buick dealer and boat operator, some new thrills when he invited a number of his Los Angeles and local friends for a ride. (Union Pacific Photo)” - Review Journal, 4/24/35.
“Something New In Sports at Boulder Lake - Donna Stafford and Eunice Beckley inaugurate aquaplaning on Boulder Lake as Jim Cashman follows them in a motor launch along the lake, which is now more than 50 miles long.” - Acme wirephoto
Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas. Ref: 0006:2019. “Largest Boat on Colorado to Start Service.” Las Vegas Review-Journal, 4/5/35. “They’re Helldoradoing at Boulder.” Review-Journal, 4/24/35. “Boulder Lake Reaches Base of Intake Towers.” Review-Journal, 6/24/35.
“Chuck Wagon” Midnight Buffet, Flamingo Hotel, c. late 1950s. Postcard, pub. by Las Vegas News Agency.
Sahara Ave at Maryland Parkway, April 20, 1987
The Swiss photographer may have been focusing on the Taco Bell on Sahara Ave. In the backgroiund on Maryland Pkwy is the tripod sign for Parkway Plaza, later changed to read A Mall - it lit up at night - and changed again in 2018 to a Planet Fitness sign.
Photos by André Corboz, Swiss professor and art historian. André Corboz Collection, Mendrisio Academy of Architecture, Italian University of Switzerland.
102° in 1974, original pool at the Plaza Hotel, Fremont & Main, Las Vegas. Slide scan from Nevada Armored Transport.
Cocktail waitress poolside at the Riviera c. 1962
‘62 Lanai rooms in the background, demolished in the 80s. Photo found by Miss Hitsville.
Map of 15 Historic Neon Signs on Las Vegas Blvd PDF
These vintage neon signs were salvaged from former Las Vegas businesses and later refurbished. They are now installed in the median of Las Vegas Blvd between the Strip and the Neon Museum.
Pioneer Club souvenir postcard, 1965. “I was 18 and stationed at the U.S. Naval Administration Unit, Lake Mead” - from Bernie Brendt
Demolition of Fremont & 4th (block 35), 1994
City of Las Vegas acquired the businesses on this block, partly through eminent domain, and demolished everything to make way for the Fremont Street Experience parking garage. Last building standing is Cornet 5-10-15 (401 Fremont). Photo taken from the garage of Fitzgerald’s Hotel & Casino by Roadsidepictures.