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Below is an extensive but
not complete collection of photos of '40s to 60's Motel Signs.
Most of the signs below are either on Las Vegas Boulevard,
Fremont Street Downtown, or Boulder Highway in Las Venderson
(Las Vegas and Henderson merge together, so why not the name!)
or Boulder City. Motel signs, a great symbol of the
American Automobile culture that began with the invention of the
auto and then exploded onto the scene after World War II, is an
almost dead art. And while in recent years the value of these
signs have begun to get some appreciation, they are still
disappearing at an alarming rate, with only a handful being
saved for museums. Las Vegas has a nice Neon Museum, but I
wish most of these signs could be restored in place. It
would certainly spruce up Bolder Highway and Freemont Street,
which in certain parts are in very bad need of sprucing up!
I put these pictures on the site for the signs alone, I have
zero idea what the motels are like and I don't make any
recommendation one way or another about staying there or safety.
Some photos were taken a while back when I didn't know what the
heck I was doing on websites or digital cameras (some say that
situation remains). I prefer to tell people I was trying
to make the photos look arty (the secret will remain between you
and me).
Boulder Hwy, Henderson |
The Blue Angel -
guardian angel to
the lost souls of
downtown
Fremont St. LV
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Downtown
Henderson,
NV. A complete
remodel
of Main St.
downtown
Henderson has
left this one of
the
last original places |
Las Vegas Blvd.
- great knock off
of 1950's Holiday Inn
signs |
Downtown, Las Vegas |
Between the Stip and
Downtown LV |
Boulder Hwy,
Henderson |
Boulder Hwy, Henderson
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Boulder Hwy, LV |
Boulder Hwy, LV |
LV Downtown, got to love the Pun |
Boulder Hwy, LV |
Boulder Hwy, LV |
downtown LV Got to love the pun |
Downtown LV
Goes with the Blue
Angel above |
Downtown, LV |
Blue Angel Motel, another angle |
Downtown LV |
Downtown LV |
Downtown, LV |
Downtown, LV |
Downtown, LV |
Downtown, LV |
Downtown, LV |
Downtown, LV |
Downtown, LV |
Downtown, LV |
Pioneer Club on
Fremont St. now
closed |
There is a law in
Las Vegas that
every website
must have this
picture, so I am
complying.
Pioneer Club |
Great neon sign
on the back of
the Golden Gate
Casino |
This motel inspired
Mayor Oscar
Goodman to name
the area the
Gateway District or something like that. |
Nice Googie sign
Between the strip
and downtown |
Downtown, NV |
Downtown, NV
This owner obviously has some pride
in his place. |
Downtown, NV |
Between the
Strip and downtown |
This sign may be gone, Boulder Hwy,
LV |
For the time being the sign is still there but the "new
Frontier" is gone. |
Boulder Hwy? |
Can't remember
where this one is
but I love the sign - reminds me of
the motel sign in LA Confidential |
Your guess is as good as mine! |
Fremont St? |
Downtown Las Vegas. This one is
gonesville, man. |
Main St. Downtown, LV |
Boulder City, NV |
Boulder City, NV |
Boulder City, NV |
Boulder City, NV |
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