Tag: Las Vegas

lAS vEGAS cLUB EARLY CASINO MATCHBOOK COVER
Posted in The Matchbooks

LARGEST SIGN! That’s good luck!

I just acquired this 30-strike matchbook from The Las Vegas Club, a very early casino in Vegas, judging by the Hupmobiles or whatever in the…

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Gaudy wonderful Circus Circus matchbook
Posted in The Matchbooks

The tackiest place in all of tackyland

There is a special place in my heart for the Circus Circus in Las Vegas, and I don’t mean indigestion. We have spent many happy…

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Posted in Ephemera Flotsam

PIONEER CLUB: The honest Casino

The famed Pioneer Club lays it on the line in this 1948 gaming guide; “Maybe you’ll TAKE the SLOT MACHINES… or vice versa!” Nevermind the…

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Elvis Slept Here! Motel sign.
Posted in Back in My Day

Elvis-O-Rama, why hast thou forsaken me?

Teresa and I were visiting Las Vegas for the first time in 2014. Riding a shuttle bus from the airport to our hotel, I caught…

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Colorful view of Las Vegas blooming in the desert
Posted in Back in My Day Highways and Byways

Las Vegas is like an earwig

Every so often, we get an itch to go to Las Vegas- get out of the rain. Not so much the gambling, just being able…

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