Fremont & 5th (Las Vegas Blvd), August 1956. Both left & right blocks were demolished in the 90s, one side for Fremont Street Experience parking garage, the other for Neonopolis. https://t.co/DpmB7qhgDp — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Aug 27, 2024
@C88017750 Stupak opened the place and sold to Herb Pastor in 81. Herb turned it and Golden Goose into a strip club in 1991 when city council was at home on Thanksgiving weekend. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Aug 24, 2024
@SkylarJameson1 Not all LV history has to be mob this, mob that, mob everything. It's only that way if we want to go out of our way to believe the movies. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Aug 16, 2024
Las Vegas Blvd & Carson, 1929. Businesses like Tower Service Station opened on South 5th St (future Las Vegas Blvd) only after the US Hwy system turned it into one of the main thoroughfares. https://t.co/owMaEhn16V — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Aug 14, 2024
@vegas_visual @unlvsc Daytime view. This was the first of several hotel advertising signs placed just outside of the airport in the 60s. https://t.co/uWV1DCEtno — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Aug 14, 2024
@_GrandPaD @PlazaLasVegas I believe she was first on the Strip. Downtown had women card dealers until they were banned in 58. There was no ban in NLV -- https://t.co/U9VPEmmaZg — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Aug 12, 2024
@PuckBuddys I'm not sure what you'd call this guy today. Now we have "celebrity chef" and "influencer" types, but he would fit neither category. He was a self-promoter fabulist of another age. — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Aug 11, 2024
Future president Herbert Hoover at the future site of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, 1922. Secretary of Commerce Hoover was among a delegation from Washington to visit the site. https://t.co/NrFO3pgHXO — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Aug 10, 2024
Caesars president Nate Jacobsen greeting VIP's at the airport that day with women holding "I am your slave" cards. Nate Jacobsen at the opening dinner that night with Caesars guest of honor Jimmy Hoffa. https://t.co/l99Bs1aFLv — Vintage Las Vegas (@summacorp) Aug 5, 2024