I-15 to Las Vegas Blvd, Convention Center Dr, August 1968. Nudes on Ice at Aladdin, Black Forest restaurant, Barbara Eden & George Carlin at Frontier, Stardust, and the Landmark. Detail in 7: Somerset Shopping Center sign before the yellow circle. Slides scans from Johnny Carlisle.
Old Vegas, Henderson, 1978, a theme park based on 19th century Las Vegas Valley and early city of Las Vegas history.
Fremont St, 1930s, circa ‘33-'36. Colorized print from the Union Pacific Railroad Museum.
Fremont & 3rd, Las Vegas, c. August 1950
White Tower (1950) plays at Fremont Theatre. Service station operated by “Pop” Simon on the far right became the site of the Simon building a year later.
Fremont Street, Las Vegas, c. 1932
Near 4th St, looking west towards 3rd. J.C. Penney Co in the Boggs Building (319 Fremont), left, and El Portal Theatre (310 Fremont), right – both buildings there 90 years later. Undated photo taken circa Spring ‘32 to Spring '33.
Wide World photo. Nevada State Museum Las Vegas, 0006:2014.
North and south on the Las Vegas Strip, c. May 1988. Views from the Dunes by photographer Hank DeLespinasse.
Paradise Road, Las Vegas, March 1977. Culinary Union worker on strike in front of Alpine Village Inn. Landmark hotel to the south. Barbara Fairchild on the attraction board. Photo by Hank DeLespinasse.
Downtown Las Vegas, 1976. Pool over the Fremont Hotel garage, left. The Mint. Golden Nugget starting work on their first hotel tower, right. Photo by Hank DeLespinasse.
Over the Tropicana, c. 1967 (‘66-68). Tropicana County Club, far left. White Sands Motel, far right.
Slide scan from Thomas Hawk
Rendering of a monorail on the Strip, 1973
Several competing companies vied for contracts to build a monorail system in Las Vegas in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
Nevada Club, 109-113 Fremont St, May 1963.
“King of the Limbo,” Deacon & Co. “Sultan of the Trumpet,” Peter Anthony & Co. In summer ‘63 the Nevada Club marquee was changed to read Diamond Jim’s.