Awesome RARE photos of Vegas

Just saw this posted elsewhere and had to share:

LIFE magazine photos of Vegas, some of which were never published in LIFE:

https://life.time.com/loomis-dean/vintage-vegas-rare-photos-of-a-desert-boom-town/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1

AARGH, don't know why the link doesn't attach correctly to my post above. Sorry, you might need to type it all in. Hopefully someone more adept at computers can post the link for me.

Life


One Example:


______________________Las Vegas 1955___________________________________________________

Another example:

That is a very cool photo! Notice the Horseshoe wasn't Binion's at the time. Joe W. Brown owned/ran the place while Benny was in prison for tax evasion - a plea bargain coordinated with the state of Texas to drop murder charges.

My first visit to downtown Las Vegas, you could still park in front of the casinos on Fremont Street, but by then, the Plaza was at the end (or beginning) of downtown.

I like the Fremont Street Experience better than downtown 30-40 years ago, but back then, it was still fun.

Loved those old photos! Thanks for posting.......

yes thanks for sharing the old pix.... ah the memories

And thank you to DonDiego for posting the link properly.

And thank you to DonDiego for posting the link properly.