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@JaniceB97124155 @LasVegasLocally Yes they were. Last structures there were just being moved away in 75. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 30, 2024

@_GrandPaD This is both 50s & 60s, from @footage's No More Road Trips, a compilation of hundreds of home movies. The Las Vegas section starts with a car racing a train, and also has color film of a mushroom cloud seen from downtown. https://t.co/HU2iir0MKL https://t.co/ONxM0S6OgV — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 30, 2024

@LasVegasLocally Same place 1975 https://t.co/VVGgaMlzwn — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 28, 2024

Aladdin 4/27/1998 https://t.co/61w5mmoSBy — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 27, 2024

Charleston Blvd, 1944. Facing east. Huntridge Theater on the right. https://t.co/P3uBwVT3eG — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 27, 2024

@vote4esteban 1971 was the opening of Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Facility; sometimes mistakenly cited in the national press as the year Las Vegas first got water from Lake Mead. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 24, 2024

1955 is when Las Vegas first got water from the Colorado River. Prior to that, the small population lived solely on groundwater. Las Vegas Valley Water District was created in the late 40s; a bond funding the pipeline was passed in '53. https://t.co/9G5TedyOVu — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 24, 2024

What year did Las Vegas begin receiving water from the Colorado River? — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 23, 2024

Fremont St neon, April 1964 https://t.co/v6bBA8dwMC — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 21, 2024

In the original 10-min video these guys end up outside Caesars peeking through the fence as Robbie Knievel jumps the fountain. https://t.co/UtIidzOHpW — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 20, 2024

New hotel under construction, April 1989 https://t.co/rJ9jRMyvbl — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 20, 2024

@vegas_visual Mob Marketing Math — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 17, 2024

@z72917378 Yeah, Western closed 2012. Here's an archived article from 2003 about the buzzer, and the owners (then in their 80s) working with Metro to run out a drug dealing operation from the bar. https://t.co/4R2nHFEGcW — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 17, 2024

70th anniversary of Atomic Liquors. They already celebrated this anniversary in summer 2022 because, maybe, drunk math. https://t.co/6DDNXJxXnJ — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 17, 2024

Building NYNY Las Vegas in late 1996. Monte Carlo had just opened, Bellagio still under construction. Photos from Delmar Miller. https://t.co/th5lSi2TV0 — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 15, 2024

And in April 1997, seen from the Paris Las Vegas construction site. https://t.co/XvQ1ubBa6x — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 15, 2024

Construction of Bellagio, Apr. 15, 1996 https://t.co/57v7hMhFKR — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 15, 2024

@traderneal "Strip" was being used locally in the late 40s, along with a few variations and other phrases. "Las Vegas Strip" seems to have been solidified in the national culture by the time of (or with the help of) the LIFE mag. cover story of 6/20/55. https://t.co/PI0GxzYDiB — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 15, 2024

@RoxyLasVegas Pete Barbutti, still performing in Las Vegas including the night of his 90th birthday in a few weeks. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 14, 2024

Las Vegas Strip, April 1969 https://t.co/Hw4m6AbVdG — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 14, 2024

Latest rendering of Legal Aid Center's expansion on E Charleston Blvd, using the original concrete screen of the 1962 bank. https://t.co/uM039Jm91v https://t.co/zxtaAB1gAs — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 12, 2024

Remnants of Tropicana’s original Folies showroom (1957-1973) hidden over the ceiling of the show tickets desk. 🎥 dom.vt https://t.co/Cw1ZDCYoa7 — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 11, 2024

Fire at the Stardust, April 11, 1970. It started in a utility room, spread to offices and stores in the lobby, and destroyed 100 guest rooms. Fire Capt. Frank Testa died fighting the blaze. https://t.co/6hc9EbLp69 — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 11, 2024

@JamesMHyman @VitruviusGrind @JamesMHyman That's the only one I've ever seen. Many never-financed casino ideas out there, all it takes is a drawing & press kit. A few others are listed on this website- my favorite is Beverly Hillbillies Resort. Archive link- https://t.co/RFDVmOIXwS — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 11, 2024

@LasVegasLocally @Parkeology "The Unprecedented MGM Grand-Bally's Monorail, premiering summer 1995" https://t.co/H28fgk5lKm — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 8, 2024

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Shown at 3.5X speed. This early morning drive was shot on video by Trevor Wilkinson. https://t.co/H14xaZ3c9M — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 7, 2024

Las Vegas Strip, April 1994 https://t.co/1499LTd6uJ — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 7, 2024

@vegas_visual @LieutenantNels1 @unlvsc Dec 84. Lining up headliner names in the RJ archive sometimes nails it, or helps narrow it down. https://t.co/1hMdac4e63 — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 7, 2024

Fremont & 4th, 1973 https://t.co/NIzPk1VhrQ — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 6, 2024

RT @CityOfLasVegas: Throwback to Vegas in the 1970s We are looking for individuals to interview who can share recollections of life in Las… — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 4, 2024

Italo Ghelfi & partners opened Golden Gate casino on the ground floor of the hotel in 1955. The casino later bought the hotel and became Golden Gate Hotel & Casino. Along the way, Ghelfi is credited with making Golden Gate synonymous with the shrimp cocktail. https://t.co/eCBgKBcFuJ — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 4, 2024

Sal Sagev Hotel, 1931. "Pronounced Sal-Sag-E" says one postcard, "Sal-Sagy" on the other. This has been Golden Gate Hotel & Casino since the 70s, but I recall a video somewhere with Steve Wynn calling it "the Sal Sagev corner" pronouncing ā as in sage: "Sage-y." https://t.co/5kxHMYQnlY — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 4, 2024

@LasVegasLocally @JaclynFOX5Vegas Their building site is isolated Villa Flores Apts, 3601 Vegas Plaza Dr, the hold out from the days of Mirage construction. https://t.co/enA6v5bKOs — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 2, 2024

@vegas_visual Dry ice cooling system for a 1940 road trip – “Kool-A-Kar Motor Dri-Ice Co., 412 S Main St, Las Vegas.” Photographer George Strock en route from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon. https://t.co/A68yhVYBe6 — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 1, 2024

Welcome ✴︎ 1966 https://t.co/Vyez2V3QXh — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Apr 1, 2024