Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada, 1966 Dunes hotel tower in the distance. Kona Kai motel & coffee shop, right. Kodachrome slide dated Apr 66 ..read more

Construction of Las Vegas Valley Water District Pipeline, 1954. Water from the Colorado River reached Las Vegas for the first time on 9/19/55. The Colorado River Compact ratified in the the 1920s was for Southern Nevada a promise of jobs and a cheap source of power. Water was an afterthought. The valley’s small population relied solely on groundwater for its first 50 years. In the late 40s, Nevada Legislature created the Las Vegas Valley Water District with a mandate of curbing its dwindling groundwater supply and to begin using the state’s Colorado River allotment. Voters approved a bond in ..read more

Fremont Street, c. July 1961, on either side of 3rd. New sign at the Horseshoe under construction ..read more

Las Vegas 1910s-1920s - Facing east over South Main & Bonneville in a series of photo-postcards each taken from the ice house. 1. Early-20s. The large building on the far left is the Clark County Courthouse, built in ‘14. Postcard from the George Wharton James Papers, UNR. 2. Early-20s. Postcard from Elbert Edwards Photograph Collection (PH-00214), UNLV Special Collections. 3. Wharton Drug store postcard 1910s, c. ‘11-‘15. Two blocks in the distance are the company houses, aka Railroad Cottages, east of 2nd St (Casino Center) between Clark and Garces. Back of postcard. 4. 1910s, “befor ..read more

vintagelasvegas: Golden Nugget April 1964 The Buck Owens Show. Scan from medium format slide. April 64 Collection ..read more

State Line Chevron & Bar, c. 1960s Whiskey Pete’s restaurant, State Line (Primm), Nevada, 1983 Postcard & photo from Felix Lenox, Nevada Armored Transport.  When U.S. Route 91 was established in the 1920s along the Nevada-California border, “Whiskey Pete” McIntyre opened the State Line service station. McIntyre shot a man at the station, spent time in a sanatorium, and was buried on the property when he died. On his deathbed Pete made a request: “Bury me up on the hill, standing up facing the valley so I can see all those sons of bitches goin’ by.” The land was later owned by ga ..read more

Poster for Grateful Dead at Las Vegas Ice Palace, 800 E Karen Ave, Commercial Center. March 29, 1969 ..read more

Backstage at the Dunes, 1964 Dancers of Vive Les Girls, Bernard Charey (seated), Jacqueline Douguet (right), the other unknown. Photo by Harry Krieger, Esquire Mag ..read more

Las Vegas Strip, April 1977 (1,2) Hacienda. Redd Foxx, Spice on Ice. (3,4) Tropicana fountain. It was demolished months later. (5) Free Aspirin & Tender Sympathy sign at Union 76. (6,7) Tahiti Motel, and the Aladdin. (8) Approaching the Denny’s, Royal Palms Motel, and the Dunes. (9) Holiday Casino and Holiday Inn. Slide scans from Felix Lenox, Nevada Armored Transport.  ..read more

March 29, 1955 - Detonation of the nuclear device air-dropped at Nevada Test Site on March 29, 1955. Code named: Wasp Prime. National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office ..read more