Las Vegas

Oh boy, we’re back in Las Vegas! Judging from the cars, I’d guess the photograph for this postcard to have been taken around 1954. Those familiar with ‘Vegas today will be amused by the description on the back of the card: FREMONT HOTEL AND CASINO DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Nevada’s tallest and finest hotel which [...]

“You haven’t seen Las Vegas if you haven’t seen the Generous Gentlemen of the Old West at the LAS VEGAS CLUB, 18 Fremont St.”, or so says the back of this postcard. I’ve always favored downtown Las Vegas to the Strip, and have had plenty of good times at the Las Vegas Club. One of [...]

Oh goodie, we’re back in ‘Vegas! This educational postcard advertises the Mint Hotel and Casino, a landmark in downtown Las Vegas from 1957 until 1988, at which time it became part of Binion’s Horseshoe.

First opened at 1 Fremont Street in 1906, in 1907 the Nevada Hotel was assigned the first phone number in Las Vegas, “1″. In 1931, when gambling was legalized in Nevada, the hotel was expanded and renamed the “Sal Sagev”, Las Vegas spelled backwards. Ultimately the entire Hotel and Casino complex came to be known [...]

Before we leave Las Vegas, we’re going to pay a visit to The Westerner, a casino on Fremont Street that was opened by Benny Binion in 1950. Within less than a year Binion sold the casino to open The Horseshoe Club, but the Westerner carried on, with various owners, until it became Club Bingo in [...]

Located in a building that was erected in 1918, the Pioneer Club opened for business in 1942. The historic Pioneer Club was once one of the most vital casinos in Las Vegas, but competition from the Strip and larger establishments on Fremont Street resulted in its closing in 1995. Today housing a souvenir store, “Vegas [...]