Greetings from Las Vegas
eBook - ePub

Greetings from Las Vegas

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Greetings from Las Vegas

About this book

This book of vintage Vegas ephemera offers a guided tour of Sin City's rise out of the Mojave Desert to become a major entertainment destination .

Greetings from Las Vegas tells the story of Las Vegas during its golden age in the first half of the twentieth-century. The city's miraculous evolution comes alive through a fun and diverse collection of vintage photos, picture postcards, matchbooks, ads, and other ephemera. This beautifully illustrated volume captures the glamor of Fremont Street and the Las Vegas Strip, landmarks such as the Sands and Riviera hotel casinos, and the cream of Hollywood glitterati, including Frank, Sammy, Dino, and the rest of the Rat Pack. 

Author Peter Moruzzi's sharp and irreverent commentary provides essential context for the visual treats as well as a unique historical take on the evolution of this desert playground.

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Information

Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781423651765
eBook ISBN
9781423651772
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Graphic Design

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Frontier Town
  3. Fremont Street
  4. The Birth of the Strip
  5. Boomtown
  6. Breaking the Color Barrier
  7. Vegas and the Mob
  8. Glitter Gulch
  9. Las Vegas After Dark
  10. The Rat Pack
  11. Motel Paradise
  12. Tiki Vegas
  13. Vegas Modern
  14. Swinging ’60s and Beyond

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